CASEY: Charges follow Lyndhurst stabbing


Homicide Squad detectives have charged an 18-year-old man from Narre Warren with murder following a fatal stabbing in Lyndhurst.

Investigators have been told a group of males were seen fighting in the vicinity of Society Avenue about 8.30pm on March 14.

Emergency services arrived to find a male with serious injuries consistent with a stabbing.

All other parties had fled the scene.

Timothy Leek, a 24-year-old man from Clyde, was taken to hospital where he later died.

Southern Metro Crime Reduction Team officers arrested an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old boy in Doveton about 5.30pm on Friday (Mar. 21)

They were interviewed by Homicide detectives and the 18-year-old was charged with murder and was to face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court.

The 17-year-old boy was released pending further enquires.

The investigation is ongoing