Delahey man charged with affray

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A 23-year-old Delahey man has been charged with affray following a fatal stabbing in Melbourne’s central business district last month.

Police executed a warrant at a residential property in Delahey on Friday, November 11, and the man presented to a police station on Monday, November 14, where he was charged with affray.

He was bailed to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today.

The charge follows an incident where emergency services were called to Bourke Street about 5.45am on Sunday, October 30 following reports of a group of people fighting.

Two men sustained stab wounds and were taken to hospital in a critical condition, where a 20-year-old Cranbourne man later died.

A second man has since been released from hospital.

On Friday, November 4, police charged a 23-year-old Seabrook man and a 20-year-old Delahey man with murder, affray, intentionally cause serious injury and intentionally cause injury.

A 20-year-old Burnside Heights man was charged with affray on November 9.

The investigation remains ongoing.