A 35-year-old Lakes Creek man has been charged with murder following the death of a man after an assault in Rockhampton in January.
Shortly before 10pm on January 28, two men known to each other became involved in an altercation at a Mackay Street house.
It will be alleged one of the men used a wooden chair handle to hit the other man in the head causing significant injuries.
A 32-year-old Lakes Creek man was transported to the Rockhampton Hospital where he died on January 30.
A 35-year-old Lakes Creek man was charged on February 5 with one count of murder.
He will reappear in the Rockhampton Magistrates Court on May 5.
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