A man has been charged following an unauthorised protest in Newcastle overnight.
About 6.45pm (Friday 28 June 2024), police were called to the rail corridor at Sandgate following reports a number of people had allegedly entered the rail corridor and stopped an eastbound train.
Officers attached to Newcastle City Police District, with assistance from Police Rescue, attended the site and arrested a 59-year-old man who allegedly climbed into an open carriage.
He was taken to Waratah Police Station where he was charged with enter inclosed non-agricultural lands serious safety risk and cause obstruction to railway locomotive or rolling stock.
He was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court today (Saturday 29 June 2024).
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