Assault charges, Mackay

Detectives charged a man yesterday following an alleged stabbing in South Mackay on Monday.

It will be alleged that at 3.10pm two men attended a Napier Street address where an altercation occurred with another man.  During the altercation an 18-year-old Slade Point man received a non-life-threatening wound to the leg.

A 24-year-old Seaforth man has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm, grievous bodily harm, fail to stop motor vehicle, obstruct police and two counts of stealing.   He is due to appear at the Mackay Magistrates Court this morning.

Investigations are continuing.

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