Man charged over Tassie stabbing death A MAN has been charged with murder over a stabbing in Launceston on Sunday. Michael Vernon Lowe, 51, has appeared in Launceston Magistrates Court charged over the death of 37-year-old Darren John Booth in the suburb of Kings Meadow. The attack allegedly occurred after a fight around 1.45am on Sunday morning. Lowe, from nearby Waverley, did not enter a plea and was remanded in custody to reappear in court on June 5. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene from a stab wound in the chest. Police have said the men were known to each other.