A MAN accused of assaulting a Hunter Valley Buses driver will appear in court next year.
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Matthew McCalister, 28, of Station Street, Waratah, is alleged to have become violent after he was confronted about his behaviour while on a bus parked in Raymond Terrace about 5.45pm on November 19.
McCalister is alleged to have hit the 44-year-old male driver in the head with a full bottle of alcohol, pulling him to the floor and stomping on his head and chest.
The incident was recorded by a passenger on the bus.
McCalister was found a short time later in Parkway Avenue, Raymond Terrace, allegedly in the midst of a brawl.
A Port Stephens police sergeant allegedly spotted McCalister trying to get away, and had to draw his gun when he was threatened with a carving knife.
After resisting arrest, McCalister was eventually taken to Raymond Terrace Police Station.
He will face six charges, including assault occasioning actual bodily harm, in Raymond Terrace Local Court on January 12.
He was refused bail in court on November 20.
