A second man has been charged with murder after the death of another man during a home invasion at Lake Macquarie last week.
\nEmergency services were called to the home on Lonus Avenue, Whitebridge, about 2.30am on Monday 17 December 2018, where they found a 60-year-old man with serious injuries.
\nThe man was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics, before being taken to John Hunter Hospital. Despite the efforts of medical staff, the man died a short time later.
\nThe man\u2019s two brothers were home at the time but were not injured.
\nLocal police established a crime scene at the home, which was examined by specialist forensic officers.
\nDetectives from Lake Macquarie Police District, assisted by the State Crime Command\u2019s Homicide Squad, established Strike Force Lacrozia to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death.
\nA 19-year-old man was previously charged with murder. He remains before the courts.
\nFollowing further inquiries, a 23-year-old man was arrested at a home at Windale last Saturday (22 December 2018), before being taken to John Hunter Hospital for treatment to a pre-existing injury.
\nThe man was released from hospital earlier today (Tuesday 25 December 2018), and taken to Belmont Police Station.
\nHe was charged with murder, steal from person, impersonate police officer and exercise powers\/functions, and police pursuit – not stop – drive recklessly.
\nPolice will allege in court that the man is one of three people \u2013 armed with baseball bats and knives \u2013 who broke into the Whitebridge home and attacked the 60-year-old man in his bedroom.
\nHe was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court tomorrow (Wednesday 26 December 2018).
\nInvestigations are continuing, and police are still seeking another man in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A second man has been charged with murder after the death of another man during a home invasion at Lake Macquarie last week. Emergency services were called to the home on Lonus Avenue, Whitebridge, about 2.30am on Monday 17 December 2018, where they found a 60-year-old man with serious injuries. The man was treated at … Continue reading “Second man charged over alleged murder during Lake Macquarie home invasion”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}