Police are appealing for information after an assault and attempted robbery in the State\u2019s north yesterday.
About 5.25pm yesterday (Sunday 12 April 2026), NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to a carpark on Cowper Street, Wallsend, following reports of an assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 59-year-old man was treated by paramedics for non-life-threatening injuries before he was taken to hospital for further treatment.
About 12pm today (Monday 13 April 2026), the man attended Waratah Police Station to report the incident and officers attached to Newcastle
Police District commenced an investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police were told an unknown man demanded the 59-year-old man\u2019s property and when he refused, he was allegedly assaulted.
As inquiries continue, police would like to speak with a man they believe may be able to assist with inquiries.
He is described as being about 180cm tall, who was wearing black and red coloured clothing and was last seen at the intersection of Cowper and Murnin Streets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Police are appealing for information after an assault and attempted robbery in the State\u2019s north yesterday.About 5.25pm yesterday (Sunday 12 April 2026), NSW Ambulance paramedics were called to a carpark on Cowper Street, Wallsend, following reports of an assault. A 59-year-old man was treated by paramedics for non-life-threatening injuries before he was taken to hospital … Continue reading “Appeal for information after assault, attempted robbery \u2013 Wallsend”<\/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-38391","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\/38391","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=38391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38392,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38391\/revisions\/38392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}