‘Treated like animals’: Death in custody warning over watch house
Women are allegedly being crowded into cells in view of masturbating men at the Territory’s police watch house. WARNING: Distressing images.
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Diversion could be stripped back for charges against young offenders
An NT police program could be severely cut back under youth justice changes. See why victims’ advocates and crime prevention experts have to say.
NT fashion brand founder hit with domestic violence order
An ex-AFL player who set up an internationally acclaimed ‘social enterprise’ clothing brand has been placed under a domestic violence restraining order.
‘Self defence’: Young mum given bail after allegedly pushing abuser off balcony
A young mother was given bail after spending five-nights in a NT Police watch house for allegedly pushing a man off her first-floor balcony as he threatened to attack her.
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Palmerston nail tech allegedly used home salon in drug scheme
A Top End nail technician who allegedly used her salon as a base for an international drug trafficking scheme has made a bid for bail.
Ex-NT uni lecturer allegedly faked death in $650K international love scam
False identities, ghost investors, and faking his own death: The lengths a former Northern Territory university lecturer allegedly went to scam an Indian woman out of $650,000.
Grieving widow faces ex-soldier who fatally stabbed husband
A Territory mother and widow has confronted the ex-soldier who fatally stabbed her husband in a random attack outside a Darwin supermarket.
Livestream considered for Matt Wright’s chopper conspiracy trial
‘It’s all part of how courts run in the 21st Century’: The widow of a reality television star is fighting to watch the trial of Outback Wrangler Matt Wright from the other side of the country.
Former NT Supreme Court judge accused of workplace sexual harassment
NT Government allegedly tried to bury allegations of sexual harassment by a former Supreme Court judge, who reportedly asked his young associate to ‘share a bed’.
Darwin mum found not guilty of assisting child kidnappers
A Darwin mother who spent three years with a kidnapper’s accomplice allegation hanging over her head broke down in tears as a Supreme Court jury delivered its unanimous verdict.
Three per cent of NT Aboriginal population started last week in a prison cell
Three per cent of the NT’s total Aboriginal population started last week in a prison cell, as new figures reveal the impact of rising custody numbers.
Drunk driver five times the limit before horror fatal crash
The widow of a beloved Central Australian father has shared her grief with the court as a dangerous drunk driver faces his sentence for the horror crash.
‘See you soon, motherf—er’: Dad shoots into Palmerston home
A man who self-medicated his mental health issues with a cocktail of drugs has pleaded guilty to firing into a woman’s home as she watched television.
Man charged with DV breach as woman in critical condition
A woman who was found with critical head injuries was allegedly the victim of multiple assaults and domestic violence order breaches in the month before her partner’s arrest.
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