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Man faces court over Fairy Meadow stabbing

police 2A MAN is before the courts charged over an alleged stabbing at Fairy Meadow last month.

Emergency services were called to a unit on Daisy Street, Fairy Meadow about 10.25am on Saturday November 30, after reports of a stabbing.

Police officers found a 42-year-old man with a stab wound to his chest. Police allege the wound may have been self inflicted. He was treated at the scene and airlifted to hospital in a serious but stable condition.

A second man – aged 71 – was treated at Wollongong Hospital with multiple stab wounds.

Wollongong police established a crime scene and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

When released from hospital, the 42-year-old man was taken to Wollongong Police Station where he was charged with causing grievous bodily harm to a person with intent.


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A journalist, writer and historian, Mick Roberts specialises in Australian cultural history, particularly associated with the Australian hotel and liquor industry. Mick has had an interest in revealing the colourful story of Australian pubs and associated industries for over 30 years. He is working on a comprehensive history of the hotel and liquor industry in the Illawarra region of NSW. Besides writing a number of history books, Mick managed several community newspapers. He has been editor of the Wollongong Northern News, The Bulli Times, The Northern Times, The Northern Leader and The Local - all located in the Wollongong region. As a journalist he has worked for Rural Press, Cumberland (News Limited), the Sydney city newspaper, City News, and Torch Publications based in Canterbury Bankstown, NSW.

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