Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was punched and stabbed during an attempted armed robbery in Rutherford yesterday.<\/p>\n
About 9.25pm (Monday 5 January 2015), a 33-year-old man was walking close to the intersection of Aberglasslyn Road and Alexandra Avenue when he noticed two men behind him.<\/p>\n
Police have been told the two men ran towards the man, when one punched him in the neck.<\/p>\n
The same man then stabbed the 33-year-old in the leg, before demanding his wallet and keys.<\/p>\n
When the injured man refused, the pair ran from the scene in a southerly direction.<\/p>\n
The man ran to his home and called emergency services. He was taken to John Hunter Hospital where he is expected to receive surgery to a stab wound to his leg.<\/p>\n
Officers attached to Central Hunter Local Area Command are investigating the incident and would like to speak to two men who may be able to assist them with their inquiries.<\/p>\n
The first man is described as being of Aboriginal\/Torres Strait Islander appearance, about 20 \u2013 25 years old, of slim build, 178cm tall, and was seen wearing a black cap, a black hooded jumper, cargo pants and brown shoes.<\/p>\n
The second man is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 20-25 years old, of slim build, about 178cm tall and was seen wearing a black cap, black hooded jumper, denim pants and black shoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man was punched and stabbed during an attempted armed robbery in Rutherford yesterday. About 9.25pm (Monday 5 January 2015), a 33-year-old man was walking close to the intersection of Aberglasslyn Road and Alexandra Avenue when he noticed two men behind him. Police have been told … Continue reading “Police investigate after man punched and stabbed – Rutherford”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-radio16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.onradio.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}