George James Fernando and Frank Allen charged with murder of James Callahan at Hamilton as detectives work to extradite Ryan Sampson from Queensland

New details are emerging about the alleged street stabbing murder of a popular Newcastle man as two more men are arrested in northwest NSW and Sydney while detectives prepare to extradite a fifth man from Queensland.

James Callahan, 22, died after he was allegedly bashed and stabbed multiple times on Beaumont St at Hamilton. Picture: Facebook

Detectives investigating the street stabbing of James Callahan will allege a team of reinforcements were called in to attack the popular Newcastle man after an initial argument outside a kebab over rubbish being thrown on a suburban street.

The fresh details have emerged as George James Fernando, was arrested in northwest NSW on Wednesday and Frank Allen was arrested in Sydney while Strike Force Mannum detectives continue to prepare to extradite a fourth man from Queensland after he was nabbed during a huge manhunt near Rockhampton.

Fernando, 43, faced Inverell Local Court on Thursday charged with murder while Allen, 35, faced Newcastle Local Court audiovisual link after being charged with murder and other offences at a jail in Sydney.

Ryan Sampson will not formally face a murder charge until the extradition application is granted in Queensland and the 33-year-old is brought back into NSW.

Detectives will allege Mr Callahan had criticised a woman for throwing rubbish on the ground next to a bin before the heated argument spilled onto Cleary St at Hamilton in the early hours of November 17.

Ryan Sampson, 33, is arrested by Queensland police near Fig Tree Creek in Yeppoon on November 24. Newcastle detectives are set to apply for his extradition to NSW to face a murder charge over the death of James Callahan.

They will also allege that other people were called in before Mr Callahan was allegedly attacked again outside the Hamilton post office on Beaumont St – about 100 metres away from the kebab shop – around 2.30am.

He suffered multiple stab wounds from at least two people and would die within minutes.

James Callahan, who was stabbed to death at Hamilton on November 17. Three people have now been charged with his murder. Credit: Facebook

Dramatic footage of the alleged attack, too graphic to release in full, shows Mr Callahan being attacked by a group of people in a violent altercation that began on a footpath and spilled onto the road.

The day after the November 17 alleged attack, North Lambton man Jason Talbot, 27, was arrested at Waratah police station at 11am and later charged with murder.

Meanwhile, Alivia Muriel Briggs was arrested at a bus stop in Bankstown just after 5pm and the 33-year-old later charged with murder.

Fernando was arrested at Moree police station on Wednesday night before he was charged with murder and refused bail to appear in Inverell Local Court on Thursday.

Sally Callahan, the mother of James Callahan, at a memorial at Stockton breakwall a week after his death. The avid fisherman died after being stabbed multiple times. Photographer: Adam Yip

He briefly faced court where he did not apply for bail and was formally remanded in custody to appear in Newcastle Local Court on December 4.

Allen was visited in a Silverwater jail on Thursday morning before being charged with murder, affray, use etc offensive weapon in company with intent to commit indictable offence and assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company of other(s).

He was also remanded in custody to reappear on January 29.

Strike Force Mannum detectives are also preparing to travel to Queensland early next week to apply for the extradition of Sampson, who was dramatically arrested following a large-scale manhunt through the coastal town of Yeppoon on Sunday.

Sampson was arrested by Queensland police on a Return to Prison Warrant and pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one serious assault of a corrective services officer causing bodily harm, one of serious assault of a corrective services officer and one of failing to appear in court.

Sampson had a two-page Queensland criminal record, 29-page NSW criminal record and 46-page bail report tendered to the court.

The court heard Sampson had 722 days remaining on the sentence he now had to serve out which was the subject of the Return to Prison before Sampson was sentenced to six months for the Queensland offences with immediate parole eligibility

The sentencing clears the way for NSW detectives to apply for Sampson’s immediate extradition to NSW to face a murder charge, with those proceedings planned to begin on Monday.