A man has been charged with murder following an alleged fatal stabbing at Belmont yesterday, NSW Police say.
About 1.30pm (Wednesday 19 December 2018), police were called to Beach Street, Belmont South, after reports of a crash between a Holden Commodore and a 4WD utility.
Officers from Lake Macquarie Police District attended and found the 4WD driver, a 50-year-old man, suffering stab wounds to his neck.
The injured man was treated at the scene before being taken to John Hunter Hospital, where he later died.
Police will allege the man was involved in a verbal altercation with another man, known to him, before the crash.
Following inquiries by detectives from State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad and officers from Lake Macquarie Police District, a 32-year-old man was arrested at a home on Marriot Street, Belmont, just before 2pm.
He was taken to Belmont Police Station and charged with murder.
The man was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court today (Thursday 20 December 2018).
