A man has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of another man during an attempted armed robbery in Newcastle.
A 24-year-old man, who was allegedly armed with a knife, entered a service station on Sandgate Road, Shortland, about 8pm on Saturday, police said.
It is alleged he threatened an employee but did not take anything, and then ran to another service station further down the same road.
Witnesses told police he became involved in an argument at the second location with a 54-year-old man who was walking his dog.
The argument became physical and the older man was stabbed in the stomach. He died at the scene.
