A woman is in a critical condition after being stabbed in a domestic-violence related incident in Jesmond last night.
At around 6.30pm, emergency services attended a unit on William Street, following reports a a 34-year-old woman had been stabbed by a man known to her.
Its alleged the pair were arguing before the 38-year-old man stabbed the woman.
She was treated by paramedics and taken to John Hunter Hospital where she underwent surgery.
Police arrested the man at the scene before taking him to the Mater Hospital for treatment.
He was then transferred to Newcastle Police Station where he was charged with attempted murder.
A man has been charged over an armed robbery and pursuit west of Newcastle yesterday.
Police were called to Beresfield Fish and Chippery around 1:30pm, after the owner’s father called triple-0, reporting a man armed with a gun was threatening two female employees.
Police say the man demanded cash, banging a knife on the counter, before leaving with around $200.
They say he then walked down Beresford Avenue and threatened a 21-year-old man with the gun, demanding his phone and wallet and drove off in a Mazda 3.
Following a large-scale manhunt, police tracked down the car on Woodberry Road and began a short pursuit.
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23:52 EDT, 9 March 2021
A heavily tattooed man with death before dishonour marked on his stomach and his friend who sparked a pub brawl during a birthday party which left a man unconscious were offended after overhearing a joke about neck ink.
Cameron Fox, 24, and Brayden Downie, 24, repeatedly slapped and punched the victim at the Delaney Hotel on Darby St, Cooks Hill in Newcastle at about 7.30pm on June 13, 2020.
The victim was with family and friends when someone made a comment in jest about neck tattoos, court documents revealed.
Fox, who has roses tattooed on his neck, and snakes, skulls and a gun on his body, and Downie had been drinking at a nearby table and overheard the joke.