Man pleads guilty after Vic stabbing death

A man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a man was stabbed to death in Melbourne last year .

Shane Ryan Brown, 33, first appeared in court last June charged with murder, but prosectors on Monday reduced the charge in exchange for a guilty plea.

The Cranbourne man was accused of stabbing a 38-year-old man to death on the night of June 10 last year.

Police have previously said the two men knew each other, but would not reveal further information about their relationship.

The Melbourne Magistrates' Court had earlier heard Brown was undergoing withdrawal from cannabis and alcohol and suffering from depression.

A young woman in the court gallery on Monday appeared distressed and tearful, comforted by loved ones, as Brown was taken back into custody.

Brown yelled out to the gallery "look after her" as he was removed from the court before shouting out a greeting to his "old man".

Brown will appear in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday for a directions hearing ahead of sentence.