A man is expected to appear in court today after allegedly attempting to stab a man in a park at Newcastle.<\/p>\n
About 5.45pm (Thursday 22 January 2015), a 31-year-old man approached a man and woman sitting on a seat in a park in King Street.<\/p>\n
Police will allege the man produced a knife and attempted to stab the man in the face. The man was able to block to knife; however it did cause a small cut to his cheek and nose. The man made a second attempt to stab him and again the knife missed.<\/p>\n
The man ran from the couple towards King Street and police were immediately contacted.<\/p>\n
Police arrived a short time later and the man was arrested after a struggle with police at the intersection of Hunter and Worth Street. He was searched and a knife was located.<\/p>\n
He was taken to Newcastle Police Station where he was charged with armed with intent to commit indictable offence, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, resist arrest and wield a knife in public place.<\/p>\n
The man was further charged with assault in relation to an alleged incident earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Police further allege the 31-year-old man approached a family at a shopping centre on Union Street at The Junction on Wednesday (21 January 2015). The man allegedly approached a twelve-year-old boy and hit him to the back of his head.<\/p>\n
The Merewether man has been bail refused and is expected to appear in Newcastle Local Court today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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