A homeless man has been charged with murder after a pharmacist was found dead inside his home.
The man suffered multiple stab wounds inside his townhouse on Davidson Street in Bellfield, in Melbourne’s northeast, at about 11.30am on Wednesday.
A friend of the victim reportedly found his lifeless body when he went to check on him after he didn’t show up for work.
A 54-year-old homeless man has been charged with murder after the body of a pharmacist was found inside his home in Bellfield, Melbourne
The homeless man was put in the back of a police paddy wagon after being arrested on Wednesday
A 54-year-old man, of no fixed address, was arrested nearby and charged with murder.
He was remanded in custody and scheduled to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.
Police say the victim and the 54-year-old were not known to each other.
The victim is a young pharmacist who had only bought his home earlier this year, Nine News reported.
Neighbours said they heard screams from a woman inside the home for about ten minutes late at night on Tuesday and called police.
Police arrived at the scene and returned again on Wednesday morning when the body was found.
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