Campaspe Crime Investigation Unit detectives have upgraded the charges against a man following an alleged assault in Echuca last year.
Police were called to reports of an assault involving two men at a property in Echuca in the early evening of 20 May.
Officers attended the scene and located a 51-year-old Echuca man, who was transported to hospital with injuries where he died nine days later.
The other man, a 52-year-old from Echuca, was spoken to by police at the scene.
He was arrested the following day and charged with intentionally cause injury.
Police will allege the parties were known to each other.
Following further investigation, the charges against the 52-year-old man have been upgraded to manslaughter.
He appeared before Echuca Magistrates' Court yesterday, where he was bailed to appear at Bendigo Magistrates Court on 3 February, 2027.
