Man charged with 61-year-old's murder fronts court

A Victorian man accused of fatally injuring a 61-year-old has fronted court charged over the death.

Aaron Bernath, from Maddingley at Bacchus Marsh, was on Saturday charged with murder after police found a 61-year-old man injured at a home on Stonehill Drive on the night of January 11.

The man was flown to hospital where he later died.

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Bernath on Monday morning fronted Melbourne Magistrates Court, where Magistrate Vincenzo Caltabiano remanded him in custody.

He was earlier charged with a lesser offence before he was charged with murder, the court was told.

Bernath, who sat in the dock wearing a grey tracksuit, occasionally looked at the ceiling throughout his Monday filing hearing.

He said, "yes, your honour", when he was remanded in custody.

Prosecutors asked for 14 weeks to prepare a brief of evidence given the number of exhibits to be analysed.

Victoria Police earlier said Bernath and the 61-year-old man knew each other.

Detectives continue to investigate the incident.

Bernath is next due to appear in court on May 30.