BY IAN CROUCH
A 19-year-old man is due to face court accused of stabbing another man outside a Hunter Valley home.
Police say the pair, who are known to each other, allegedly become involved in a physical altercation in Lockwood Street, Huntlee late on Friday night.
A 24-year-old suffered a knife wound to his side and was driven to Cessnock Hospital by a woman before being transferred to the John Hunter, where he remains in a stable condition.
The 19-year-old man was arrested at Cessnock Police Station on Saturday night and faced Newcastle Bail Court on Sunday charged with reckless wounding – he’ll face Cessnock Court on Wednesday 1 September, 2021.