Carl Shane Hames, aged in his 40s, remains behind bars and did not appear in Tamworth Local Court earlier this month.

Aboriginal Legal Service solicitor Gemma Ridley told the court lawyers were negotiating in the matter.

"Discussions are ongoing between the parties," she said.

Magistrate Darryl Pearce agreed to adjourn the matter to next month and bail was formally refused.

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The state prosecuting authority, the DPP, is pressing ahead with three serious allegations against Hames.

No pleas have yet been entered to charges of demanding property with menaces and an intent to steal, robbery armed with an offensive weapon causing grievous bodily harm, and reckless wounding.

Police claim a 72-year-old man met with a pair he didn't know at a Bent Street home in Tamworth on the afternoon of June 19 last year.

Hames is accused of threatening the older man at the scene and demanding cash before fleeing.

Police allege the older man was inside a house on Edinburgh Street just a few days later when Hames emerged from a bedroom.

He is accused of wielding a machete and demanding money before slashing the older man's hand.

The police case is that Hames stole the man's bank card and withdrew cash before the older man was driven to hospital.

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