Man charged after allegedly killing neighbour in front of children
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing a Melbourne mum to death in front of three young children.
There was an apparent dispute between the two neighbours, and it has been reported that the 47-year-old man knocked on the home of a 51-year-old woman and attacked her multiple times with a knife.
Emergency services were called to the home on Cousin Drive, Bayswater, in east Melbourne on Saturday morning, where the woman was found dead.
Police said the woman's children, aged 16 and 11, and the alleged attacker's son, 17 witnessed the incident, with one of them sustaining a minor injury.
"It's not a family violence incident, it is a tragic set of circumstances," Victoria Police detective senior sergeant Chris Ellway said on Saturday.
"They're being looked after at the police station at the moment, statements are being taken and their welfare is being taken care of there," he added.
The man was arrested a short time later and appeared at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Sunday while he was withdrawing from drugs and alcohol, the court heard.
He has since been charged with one count of murder and remanded in custody and will appear at a committal on February 14.
"Another woman lost at the hands of a man is just horrible," Ellway said.
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