Dandenong man on manslaughter charge

A 40-year-old Dandenong man has been charged with manslaughter after a man died from injuries allegedly sustained in a fight in Cranbourne. Glenn Carleton appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday and was remanded in custody to appear again on August 23. Detective Senior Constable Sallyanne Leach said it was alleged Carleton and another man got in a fight with the victim on April 14 at a house in Cranbourne. The victim died as a result of injuries sustained, and Carleton and the other man allegedly disposed of his body in an overgrown ditch between the M3 EastLink and Worsley Road in Carrum Downs the next day. The man was reported missing on April 18.

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