A second person has been charged in relation to the death of a man in Noble Park.
Homicide Squad detectives charged a 40-year-old man with one count of intentionally causing serious injury.
He is the second person charged in relation to the death of 69-year-old Alan Matthews, who was found dead inside a Henry Street property on January 30. He was reportedly discovered severely beaten shortly before 4am.
Police arrested and charged a 26-year-old woman from Hallam with one count of intentionally causing serious injury.
The man, from Narre Warren, was released on bail and will appear before the Melbourne Magistrates Court on February 5.
The deceased was found in the bathroom and suffered multiple blunt-force trauma injuries.
He had made a triple-0 phone call about 3am, police say, but was dead by the time paramedics arrived.
