AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2010
WA:Man charged over fatal Perth stabbing
PERTH, Aug 16 AAP - A man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a man
to death in Perth's entertainment district during an argument.
The 23-year-old man was stabbed in the chest in Northbridge around 9.30pm (WST) on
Sunday and was announced dead at Royal Perth Hospital later in the night.
Police have laid a murder charge against another 23-year-old man from Stratton in the
city's east.
He was with his wife when he became involved in an altercation with the 23-year-old
victim in a laneway near Aberdeen Street, police allege.
The accused man was due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Monday or Tuesday.
On Monday morning several streets and laneways in Northbridge remained blocked off
as detectives investigated the death.
A line of blood spots was marked to retrace the man's steps.
AAP ldj/maur
KEYWORD: STAB UPDATE
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