A Maitland man has been charged over allegedly throwing a knife at a 26-year-old, causing a serious injury to the man's eye, police say, during an altercation at Morpeth.
Local officers were called to a business at George Street on Wednesday night, July 3, where two men were involved in an altercation - the younger had been seriously injured.
He was taken to Maitland Hospital and was eventually transferred to John Hunter Hospital for further treatment, while the 36-year-old was charged on Friday morning.
He faces counts of reckless wounding and wounding with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and he is expected to face Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday, July 9.
Meanwhile, in an unrelated incident, Maitland police charged a 21-year-old Queensland woman for allegedly staging another obstruction on a Hunter train line on Saturday.
Police were told protesters gained access to the rail corridor at Farley. The protest group Blockade Australia claimed responsibility for the stunt, which followed 12 consecutive days of similar action obstructing the region's coal lines in what the group described as their longest disruption.
