Update
AN ALLEGED machete attack has seen a 43-year-old man denied bail at Tamworth Local Court on Tuesday.
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Carl Shane Hames, 43, is alleged to have injured an elderly man with a machete at a home on Edinburgh Street last month.
He was denied bail charged with take or detain in company with intent occasion actual bodily harm; demand property with menaces with intent to steal; and reckless wounding in company.
Hames was identified as an unacceptable risk to the community on the basis he would "fail to appear at any proceedings for the offence", "commit a serious offence" and "endanger the safety of victims, individuals or the community".
He is yet to enter pleas to the charges and the matter is listed for brief status committal in August.
Police claim that shortly after 1pm on June 19, a 72-year old man went to a house on Bent Street where he met with a woman and a 43-year-old man who he didn't know.
It's alleged Hames threatened the older man and demanded cash, which was given to him.
The 72-year-old left the scene and did not report the matter to police.
Six days later, police claim the older man was at a home on Edinburgh Street, Tamworth, when Hames came out of a room and confronted him.
It's then that Hames allegedly threatened the older man with a machete, cutting his hand, while demanding more cash.
Police claim Hames took the man's ATM card and withdrew cash a short time later before the elderly man was driven to hospital for treatment.
Oxley Police District officers were notified and an investigation started.
Hames was arrested at Tamworth Police Station for unrelated matters on the afternoon of July 2.
The matter will return to court in late-August.
Earlier
A man has been refused bail, after allegedly injuring a man with a machete in Tamworth last month.
Shortly after 1pm on Saturday June 19, a 72-year-old man attended a home on Bent Street, where he met with a woman and a 43-year-old man who were not known to him.
It is alleged the younger man threatened the older man and demanded cash to which he obliged.
The older man left the scene and did not report the matter to police.
Then on Friday, June 25, police will allege the older man was at a home on Edinburgh Street, Tamworth, when the 43-year-old came out of a room and confronted him.
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Police were told the younger man threatened the older man with a machete - causing a laceration to his hand - while demanding a further quantity of cash.
The 43-year-old allegedly stole the man's bank card which was used to withdraw cash at an ATM a short time later, before the man was driven to hospital for treatment.
Officers attached to Oxley Police District were notified and commenced an investigation.
Following inquiries, police arrested a 43-year-old man at Tamworth Police Station on unrelated matters about 2pm Monday, July 2.
He was charged with take/detain in company with intent occasion actual bodily harm, demand property with menaces with intent to steal, and reckless wounding in company.
The man was refused bail and appeared at Tamworth Local Court where he was refused bail to reappear at the same court on August 25.
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Madeline Link
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
Madeline Link is a journalist at the Newcastle Herald, with a focus on Lake Macquarie City Council. To keep up with my stories, follow my Twitter @madeline_link, for tips email madeline.link@newcastleherald.com.au.
