Teelah Cooper, 28, charged with accessory after the fact, assisting Ryan Sampson following alleged murder of James Callahan in Hamilton

A woman accused of helping a suspect following the stabbing death of James Callahan on a suburban Newcastle street has become the fifth person charged after the alleged murder.

The woman is accused of being an accessory after the fact to murder, with police alleging she helped Ryan Sampson, 33, avoid arrest. Sampson is pictured when Queensland police arrested him near Fig Tree Creek in Yeppoon on November 24 last year.

A woman accused of helping a suspect following the stabbing death of James Callahan on a suburban Newcastle street has become the fifth person charged after the alleged murder.

Teelah Cooper, 28, was arrested after walking into Newcastle Police Station on Monday, when she was later charged with accessory after the fact to murder and concealing a serious indictable offence.

Strike Force Mannum detectives allege the woman had helped Ryan Sampson, 33, “avoid apprehension until his arrest by Queensland police” on November 24 over unrelated matters, police said in a statement.

She faced Newcastle Local Court on Monday and was granted bail on conditions including reporting daily to Raymond Terrace police.

Cooper was also ordered to live with her parents, not leave home unless in the company of either parent, agree to forfeit a $2000 personal surety, and have an acceptable person agree to forfeit $5000 if she failed to comply with bail.

Newcastle Local Court, where Teelah Cooper appeared on Monday. (File picture)

However, Cooper remained in custody on Monday night after prosecutors applied for a stay while an appeal is heard in the NSW Supreme Court.

Sampson remains in custody in Queensland, serving a sentence for an unrelated matter, while detectives work on extraditing him to NSW to face a murder charge.

James Callahan, who was allegedly stabbed to death at Hamilton on November 17 last year.

The latest charge becomes the fifth arrest following the alleged murder of Mr Callahan, 22, who was allegedly bashed and stabbed multiple times on the entertainment strip on Beaumont St, in Hamilton, on November 17.

Police allege a team of reinforcements was called in to attack the 22-year-old after an initial argument outside a kebab shop over rubbish being thrown on a suburban street.

Shocking footage shows Mr Callahan being set upon by multiple people before he collapses.

Four other people have already been charged with murder.

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

Alivia Muriel Briggs, 33, was arrested about 5pm on the same day at a bus stop in Bankstown before also being charged with murder.

George James Fernando, 43, was arrested in Moree on November 27 and later charged with murder.

The following day, Frank Allen, 35, was arrested at a Sydney jail and hit with the same charge.