A man is due in court today charged after a Coffs Harbour man's hand was severed during an assault yesterday.
Emergency services were called to a home on Toormina Place, Coffs Harbour, about 6.45am yesterday (Wednesday 16 April 2025).and found the left hand of a 59-year-old had been cut off during an assault.
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
Two women, aged 58 and 80, who were in the premises at the time, were not injured.
An investigation was initiated by officers from Coffs/Clarence Police District who were told the man had allegedly been assaulted by two men who had forced their way into the unit.
About 9.45pm, officers were patrolling South Grafton when they saw a vehicle without registration plates.
When the driver allegedly failed to stop when directed a pursuit was initiated. The vehicle got bogged on playing fields a short time later and an 18-year-old man was arrested.
He was taken to Grafton Police Station where he was charged with special aggravated break enter commit serious indictable offence, cause grievous bodily harm with intent, police pursuit not stop, and possess a prohibited drug.
The man has been refused bail to appear in Grafton Local Court today (Thursday 17 April 2025).
A machete seized when the vehicle was searched has been sent for further examination.
