BY IAN CROUCH
A woman has been taken into custody after a five hour siege at Mayfield overnight.
Ambulance paramedics were called to a home on Bull Street just after midnight on Tuesday to reports a woman was having a psychotic episode while under the influence of the drug ICE.
Police were called when the 22-year-old became abusive and allegedly produced a knife.
The woman was eventually arrested just before 5.30am on Tuesday.
She's been taken to Newcastle Police Station and is expected to be charged with using a weapon to avoid apprehension.
