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Callum Godde

Murder charge over elderly Vic man death

Victoria Police have charged a 60-year-old man with murder over the bashing death of an 86-year-old. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A man will face court after allegedly bashing an elderly man to death at his Victorian home.

The 86-year-old victim was allegedly assaulted at the house in Lethbridge, northwest of Geelong, on Saturday night and died in hospital on Monday afternoon.

Police say he knew his alleged attacker, a 60-year-old man from Bell Post Hill who was on Wednesday night charged with one count of murder.

The man will face Geelong Magistrates Court on Thursday morning.

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