Overview
- Emergency services were called to a hostel on George Street in Haymarket after reports of a stabbing late on Friday night and paramedics took the 29-year-old victim to St Vincent’s Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
- Police say the victim was stabbed multiple times in the shoulder, arms and legs by a man known to him before the suspect left the scene.
- Hours after the attack, officers arrested a 39-year-old at Glebe Police Station, transferred him to Day Street Police Station and charged him with attempted murder and being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence.
- A magistrate refused bail and the accused is due to appear at Bail Division Court 7 on Saturday as NSW Police preserve the hostel crime scene and continue their investigation.
- The case shows how suspected serious assaults in Sydney move quickly into charging and urgent court steps while hospital treatment and forensic work proceed to establish what happened.