A 22-year-old man has been stabbed overnight in Clarence Town, resulting in the arrest of a 32-year-old man.
Emergency services were called to a unit on Grey Street around 11pm, where Port Stephens-Hunter Police found the victim with stab wounds to his hand, hip and leg.
He was treated at the scene by paramedics and rushed to the John Hunter Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Police arrested a man nearby - he was taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station and charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, destroy or damage property less than $2000, and other charges related to a previous outstanding warrant.
He was refused bail and will appear at Raymond Terrace Local Court today.
