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NT minister won't resign for killer escape

NT Corrections Minister John Elferink says he won't resign over the latest high-profile prison break as Labor calls for him to step down.

A convicted rapist and murderer who fled a NT prison work camp on Monday has been caught by police.
A convicted rapist and murderer who fled a NT prison work camp on Monday has been caught by police.

THE Northern Territory's corrections minister says he will not resign over a series of high-profile prison escapes as the Labor opposition calls for his head.

ON Wednesday, police announced that a convicted rapist and killer who had been on the run for almost two days had turned himself in to the Nhulunbuy police station.

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