How a single comment allegedly led to a young Aussie being stabbed to death outside a kebab shop

It was a elemental remark astir littering that allegedly led to James Callahan being allegedly stabbed to decease extracurricular a kebab shop. 

The 22-year-old had stopped for a repast connected Beaumont Street successful Hamilton, Newcastle successful the aboriginal hours of November 17 astatine the clip of the alleged attack. 

More details person emerged since six radical were arrested and charged with execution implicit the incidental - including allegations that the woman of 1 of the accused helped her spouse to debar arrest. 

Mr Callahan and a person were eating connected the footpath erstwhile a pistillate threw immoderate of her kebab retired a car model arsenic she drove past, according to a constabulary information expanse submitted to tribunal and seen by The Sydney Morning Herald. 

Mr Callahan made a remark astir littering, prompting respective of the woman's friends to combat him, constabulary allege. 

A patrolling constabulary car broke up the scuffle, but though Mr Callahan and his person moved to a adjacent street, a car followed him and the woman's friends attacked again, constabulary claimed.

One allegedly swung a metallic rod astatine him portion different kicked and punched him.

Police allege different man, Ryan Sampson, past got retired of the car and stabbed Mr Callahan respective times successful the backmost and cervix portion helium was lying look down, with 1 of his arms held retired defensively. 

Sampson's girlfriend, Teelah Cooper, called Sampson backmost to the car and drove distant with him, constabulary alleged.

The adjacent time the mates sold their car, obtained different 1 and drove to Queensland, wherever Sampson was arrested, the papers alleged. 

Cooper is accused of being an accessory aft the information to execution and concealing an indictable offence. 

Sampson and Cooper allegedly exchanged hundreds of calls portion Sampson was down bars, successful breach of her bail conditions, with Cooper 'using different sanction to disguise her identity'. 

Her bail was revoked and she was remanded successful custody, but past week Justice Stephen Rothman successful the NSW Supreme Court granted her bail with strict conditions. She volition look tribunal again connected June 11. 

Sampson, Jason Talbot, George James Fernando, Frank Allen and Alivia Briggs person been charged with execution implicit the alleged attack.

Dianne Fernando has been charged with main successful the 2nd grade to murder. 

A GoFundMe leafage for Mr Callahan's household paid tribute to the keen fisherman and environmentalist arsenic a 'loved son, a member and a singular friend'. 

'I cannot convey him capable for the relationship helium gave those astir me, He could airy up the beingness with his grin and loved looking aft his mates,' the leafage said.