BY IAN CROUCH
A man is due to face court today accused of glassing a teenager during a street altercation in Newcastle.
Police say the 18-year-old victim was walking along Hunter Street near Steel Street with a young female at about 4am on Sunday when 3 people in a car started verbally harassing the young woman.
They drove off but returned a short time later with a 34-year-old passenger allegedly getting out of the car and hitting the young man over the head with a bottle.
Police say a 27-year-old man in the car was also involved in the altercation - he's been charged with affray and granted bail to face court on June 23.
The older man's been refused bail to face Newcastle Court today charged with affray and actual bodily harm.
Police say the driver, a 27-year-old man, has been charged with unlicensed driving and low range drink driving.
The 18-year-old victim received stitches for a cut above the eyebrow.
Police say all three people in the car had been drinking.
