Man who provided knife before brutal Newcastle West stabbing learns fate

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A YOUNG man who provided the knife for a stabbing during an ugly street brawl in Newcastle West has narrowly avoid jail and will instead spend the next 18 months in home detention.

Kye Martin, 20, had pleaded guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and common assault over the brawl that spilled from Hunter Street into Bellevue Street about 3.10am on May 22 last year.