Murder charges have now been laid after the death of a man following a home invasion at Whitebridge earlier this week.
It happened around 2:30am Monday morning at a home on Lonus Avenue, where the 60-year-old victim was found with a serious injury to his arm, and later died at the John Hunter Hospital.
Police believe three men armed with baseball bats and knives, dressed in face coverings, broke into the home and attacked the man in his bedroom.
Yesterday, officers arrested a 19-year-old man at a home on Warners Bay Road, Charlestown and charged him with murder.
He will appear in Newcastle Local Court today, as police continue to search for the other two intruders.
