Teelah Cooper charged with breaching bail over James Callahan death by contacting boyfriend Ryan Sampson

A woman who was banned from contacting her boyfriend after being charged with helping him following an alleged street murder has had her bail revoked for allegedly speaking with him over 200 times in less than a month.

Ryan Sampson, 33, is arrested by Queensland police near Fig Tree Creek in Yeppoon on November 24, 2024. Newcastle detectives had wished to speak with Sampson over the alleged murder of James Callahan at Hamilton on November 17, 2024.

A woman who was banned from contacting her boyfriend after being charged with helping him following an alleged street murder has had her bail revoked for allegedly speaking with him over 200 times in less than a month.

Strike Force Mannum detectives allege Teelah Cooper, 28, had been in constant contact with Ryan Sampson since she was released on bail earlier this month after being charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of James Callahan at Hamilton on November 17 and concealing a serious indictable offence.

Sampson, 33, remains in custody in Queensland, serving a sentence for an unrelated matter, after his dramatic arrest in Yeppoon nine days after he was allegedly involved in the death of Mr Callahan, who was allegedly set upon by a group of people and stabbed multiple times following a dispute over litter.

Detectives are continuing to work on extraditing Sampson from Queensland to face a murder charge in NSW after the manhunt, instigated by NSW Police, ended with him being sentenced on old charges in Queensland.

Cooper was arrested on January 6, with detectives alleging she had helped Sampson “avoid apprehension until his arrest by Queensland police” on November 24 over unrelated matters, police said in a statement at the time.

Teelah Cooper, who has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of James Callahan, is alleged to have continued to contact boyfriend Ryan Sampson.

She was granted bail on conditions including reporting daily to police. 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.

Cooper, who was fifth person arrested over Mr Callahan’s death after four others were charged with murder, was also ordered “not to be with or contact any co-accused or prosecution witness”.

James Callahan died after suffering multiple stab wounds on Beaumont St at Hamilton. Picture: Facebook

The Raymond Terrace woman was released two days later on January 8, after prosecutors withdrew their appear about her being granted bail.

And police will allege Cooper was then in contact with Sampson via a jail phone over 200 times before she was arrested three weeks later on Wednesday night.

Cooper was taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station where she was charged with breach of bail.

She faced Raymond Terrace Local Court on Thursday where magistrate Greg Moore revoked her bail despite another release application

being made.

Teelah Cooper had her bail revoked when she faced Raymond Terrace Local Court on Thursday.

Cooper, who has not been required to enter any pleas, was formally remanded into custody and will reappear in court on March 5.

Mr Callahan, 22, 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.

None have been required to enter pleas.