Man, 58, charged with murder over alleged assault of 76-year-old in Ashfield, Sydney

A 76-year-old man has died in hospital 11 days after he was allegedly assaulted in Sydney ’s inner west. A 58-year-old man has been charged with murder and will appear at Burwood Local Court on October 23. The alleged attack occurred in Ashfield, with emergency services called to Liverpool Rd about 11.

45am on September 29. The septuagenarian was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a critical condition. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Police arrested a man at a shopping mall early on October 4, charging him with hindering or resisting police, and reckless grievous bodily harm.



The latter charge has been upgraded to murder after the alleged victim died in hospital early on Thursday, police confirmed..