5 days Ago By Madeline Link
A MACHETE has been seized and a man charged after a Coffs Harbour man's hand was severed during an alleged assault on Wednesday. Login or signup to continue reading The 59-year-old whose left hand was cut off was airlifted to Newcastle's John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition. Emergency services were called to a home on Toormina Place at Coffs Harbour about 6.
45am on Wednesday, where they found the man's left hand had been cut off during an alleged assault. Paramedics treated the man at the scene before he was airlifted to John Hunter Hospital where he remains in a serious condition. Coffs/Clarence Police District officers launched an investigation and 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, police initiated a pursuit.
The vehicle got bogged on playing fields a short time later and an 18-year-old man was arrested. A machete seized when the vehicle was searched has been sent for further examination. The man was taken to Grafton Police Station where he was charged with special aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence; cause grievous bodily harm with intent; police pursuit not stop and possession of a prohibited drug.
The man has been refused bail to appear in Grafton Local Court today. Two women aged 58 and 80, who were at the premises when the man's hand was cut off, were not injured. Madeline Link is a born and bred Novocastrian who started her career as a journalist in the New England North West in 2016.
She is an experienced council and court reporter, former deputy editor of the Northern Daily Leader and two-time Kennedy Award finalist. In unrelated incidents, she previously reported on country music in Australia's country music capital and was once flung across Lake Macquarie in a power boat at more than 100 kilometres per hour. Maddie now works at the Newcastle Herald with a focus on Newcastle council.
To keep up with my stories, follow my X @madeline_link, for tips email [email protected].
au. Madeline Link is a born and bred Novocastrian who started her career as a journalist in the New England North West in 2016. She is an experienced council and court reporter, former deputy editor of the Northern Daily Leader and two-time Kennedy Award finalist.
In unrelated incidents, she previously reported on country music in Australia's country music capital and was once flung across Lake Macquarie in a power boat at more than 100 kilometres per hour. Maddie now works at the Newcastle Herald with a focus on Newcastle council. To keep up with my stories, follow my X @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.
[email protected].
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