Xander Eathen Barry, 18, charged over alleged Newcastle East apartment stabbing
A teenager has been granted conditional bail after allegedly stabbing a man in the head during an altercation inside an inner-city Newcastle apartment.
Newcastle
Don't miss out on the headlines from Newcastle. Followed categories will be added to My News.
A teenager has been granted conditional bail after police were allegedly forced to crash their way into a Newcastle East unit after a man was stabbed in the head.
Officers arrested Xander Eathen Barry, 18, after they entered the Nobbys Rd apartment following reports of a concern for welfare about 2.10pm on Friday.
Police will allege Barry stabbed a 46-year-old inside the premises.
They further allege the men knew each other.
The injured man was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to John Hunter Hospital in a stable condition with what police said were non-life threatening injuries.
Barry was taken to Newcastle police station where he was charged with reckless wounding.
He faced Newcastle Bail Court on Saturday where he was granted conditional bail, including reporting to Waratah police station three times a week, not enter Nobbys Rd at Newcastle East, not drink alcohol or take drugs and comply with an apprehended violence order.
Barry will face Newcastle Local Court again on August 27.
Suspect’s nudie run after gun found in stolen car
A bush manhunt by cops on foot and in the air north of Newcastle has failed to find any trace of a pantless driver wanted after officers recovered a gun from a stolen car.
Read more
Bikie’s tighty whitey drug stash uncovered after dunny assault
A fight night bathroom assault at a Newcastle club led cops to the home of a nominee Nomads bikie, where officers then uncovered drugs and cash, some of which was stashed in his undies.
Read more