Murder charge after man dies following a one punch attack

A man has been charged with murder following an alleged fatal one-punch attack.

Police allege a 62-year-old man was knocked unconscious when he was assaulted, fell and hit his head on the pavement along Hay St in Perth’s CBD about 11.05pm on Friday.

Paramedics rushed the man to hospital with critical injuries, but he later died.

A 37-year-old Scarborough man is accused of striking the victim and stealing property from him before he fled.

Police allege the Scarborough man was also involved in another incident and stole property from a 41-year-old man about three hours earlier.

The accused man has been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm, aggravated robbery, stealing and gaining benefit by fraud.

He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on March 27.

The charge comes weeks after Brodie Dewar, 20, was charged with manslaughter following an alleged one-punch attack on Labor figure Tim Picton.

Mr Picton was allegedly knocked unconscious in a one-punch attack outside a Perth nightclub in the early hours of December 27 last year. He died from his injuries in hospital about three weeks later.

Mr Dewar was also charged with causing bodily harm over a similar alleged one-punch attack that occurred outside a Kalamunda pub days earlier.

Mr Dewar has been granted bail while his matter progresses through the courts.