{"id":1479,"date":"2019-02-08T19:08:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2019-02-08T19:08:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T19:08:46","slug":"appeal-for-witnesses-to-assault-of-woman-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/appeal-for-witnesses-to-assault-of-woman-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Appeal for witnesses to assault of woman &#8211; Newcastle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses are being sought to the assault of a woman at Newcastle last month.<br \/>\nOfficers from Newcastle Police District have renewed their appeal for information from the public after a 21-year-old woman was seriously assaulted between 11pm and midnight on Sunday 20 January 2019 in Denison Street near the intersection with Parry Street, Newcastle West.<br \/>\nThe woman was treated at the scene by paramedics and taken to John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition.<br \/>\nWhen police attended the location and established a crime scene they were told a man had assaulted the woman; however, a search for the man was unsuccessful.<br \/>\nInvestigators are now appealing for anyone with information about the incident to come forward.<br \/>\nNewcastle PD Crime Manager, Detective Acting Inspector Anita Kruse, said the area was a popular entertainment precinct.<br \/>\n\u201cMany people frequent the area during the day and night.<br \/>\n\u201cI am sure that some members of the public have witnessed this incident and, have either not realised what was happening, or have not yet spoken to officers.<br \/>\n\u201cMotorists also pass through the precinct and I urge anyone with dashcam footage to review it, and see if they can assist our investigation,\u201d Det Insp Kruse said.<br \/>\nPolice believe that a man described to them only as having long hair and wearing a white shirt with a cross on the front may be able to assist them with their inquiries.<br \/>\nAnyone with information should contact Newcastle Police Station or Crime Stoppers.<br \/>\nAnyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witnesses are being sought to the assault of a woman at Newcastle last month. Officers from Newcastle Police District have renewed their appeal for information from the public after a 21-year-old woman was seriously assaulted between 11pm and midnight on Sunday 20 January 2019 in Denison Street near the intersection with Parry Street, Newcastle West. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/appeal-for-witnesses-to-assault-of-woman-newcastle\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Appeal for witnesses to assault of woman &#8211; Newcastle&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}