The 22 year old’s since been bailed, as police try to track down Abdul Ezedi.
He hasn’t been seen since a woman was left with life changing injuries in Lessar Avenue last Wednesday.
She is still in a critical condition, sedated, in hospital with life changing facial injuries.
The suspect’s vehicle has also now been located, and a phone believed to belong to him, which officers are looking through.
Reporter Tom Parmenter is in Newcastle.
