A MAN charged with murder appeared in Kempsey Local Court yesterday.
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Shane Nancarrow has been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a 54-year-old man in Dondingalong on Friday night.
A plea was not entered by the 40-year-old man.
He did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
The case has been adjourned until Monday August 12.
At about 9.15pm on Friday, August 3, police and emergency services responded to reports a man had been stabbed at a property on Pipers Creek Rd, Dondingalong.
On arrival, NSW Ambulance paramedics declared the 54-year-old man deceased.
Officers from Mid North Coast Police District established a crime scene and began inquiries.
Shortly after, emergency services were called to a single vehicle crash on Pipers Creek Rd.
The driver and sole occupant - a 40-year-old man - was removed from the vehicle and taken to hospital for treatment to non-life-threatening injuries.
The man was released from hospital on Monday, August 5, and taken to Port Macquarie Police Station, where he was charged with murder.
