Brimbank Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man after he allegedly assaulted another man in a random attack in St Albans yesterday.
Police will allege the victim was walking along Main Road East when the man walked past him just after 4pm.
The man allegedly circled back and physically assaulted the victim, rendering him unconscious.
The 73-year-old St Albans man was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
Officers arrived on scene and located the offender before arresting him.
The 45-year-old man, of no fixed address, has since been charged with intentionally causing serious injury and recklessly causing serious injury.
He will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.
