The Northern Territory Police Force has charged a man in relation to a suspicious death in Katherine in 2022.

Police will allege that in the early hours of 5 August 2022 the man, aged 47, approached a 47-year-old female and assaulted her, leaving her in an unresponsive state.

The victim later died at Katherine Hospital on 6 August 2022.

An investigation was commenced and the 47-year-old man was identified as a person of interest. Both the man and woman are known to each other.

He has now been charged with murder and will appear before the Darwin Local Court on 18 December 2025.

As a result of the charge being laid an upcoming inquest into the death of the victim has been vacated.

No further information can be provided at this stage.