Flashback: A list of Alice Springs’ most high-profile recent court cases that led to convictions

WE’RE revisiting some of the most shocking and high-profile cases leading to convictions in Alice Springs’ courts in the past 12 months. SEE THE LIST and read about the cases here

DANIEL WOOD

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February 16, 2021 - 2:33PM

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ALICE SPRINGS has had a rough trot with crime of late.

The most recent crime stats do not paint a pretty picture for the Red Centre town of 25,000.

In the 12 months to November 2020, assault was up 20 per cent on the previous year, and house break-ins were up 23 per cent.

But it’s not all punch-ons and smashed windows.

Among some of the most noteworthy convictions over the past 12 months we have a bodybuilder who was found in possession of over $2000 worth of steroids, and a man who was done for possession of stolen gates.

Here are 15 of the most shocking, high-profile or just downright odd convictions from Alice Springs over the past year:

• Sky Murphy was jailed for six months in February 2020 after running red lights and smashing into a Mini with a five-year-old in her car during a police chase

• An Alice Springs fuel company was fined $140,000 in April 2020 for an employee’s death

• Ryan Watts was fined $4000 in July 2020 for hindering cattle station accident investigation

• Alice Springs bodybuilder Tien Thanh Nguyen pleaded guilty in August 2020 to multiple counts of drug possession

• A 16-year-old was sentenced to 12 months’ detention after a gang bashed and robbed man in a carpark

• Ambalindum Station owners Hewitt Cattle were fined $30,000 after workers were injured