A man has been charged with murder following the death of a man at a rubbish tip in the Hunter Valley last month.
About 5pm on Sunday 5 July 2020, emergency services were called to a waste management facility on Old Maitland Road, after a 54-year-old man was found critically injured. He died at the scene.
Detectives from Hunter Valley Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Nargal to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
On Wednesday 8 July 2020, officers attended a property at Lovedale where they arrested a 30-year-old man and seized a Toyota Landcruiser.
Police will allege in court that the man was driving the Toyota Landcruiser when he struck the 54-year-old – who is known to him – at the waste facility.
At that time, the man was taken to Cessnock Police Station and charged with dangerous driving occasioning death-driver manner dangerous, negligent driving (occasioning death), fail to stop and assist after vehicle impact causing death and driver not disclose identity of driver/passenger as required.
Yesterday (Thursday 20 August 2020), the same man was served with two additional charges at a correctional facility in Parklea, including murder and aggravated break/enter, and commit serious indictable offence.
The Aberdare man will next appear at Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 26 August 2020.
Investigations continue.
