January 23rd, 2025Murder charge follows Golden Square assault

Bendigo Crime Investigation Unit detectives have in recent days charged a man with murder following an assault in Golden Square on January 2.

Emergency services were initially called about 10am to a hotel on High Street.

A 34-year-old man of no fixed place of address was found and treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital.

He sadly died in hospital on Wednesday January 15.

A 33-year-old Swan Hill man was arrested in the Bendigo CBD shortly after the incident.

He was initially charged with intentionally cause serious injury.

Detectives have reviewed the charge and the man has now also been charged with murder.

He remains in custody on remand, to appear at Bendigo Magistrates’ Court on Apri 2.

This story based on a Victoria Police report