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Territory grandfather Wayne Hunt died on August 31, 2024 after his post-seizure behaviour was mistaken for non-compliance at Darwin Correctional Centre, with the 56-year-old handcuffed, put in a spit hood, stripped naked and left alone in a cell. Picture: Supplied

Police & Courts

Epileptic man put in spit hood, stripped naked before death

An epileptic grandfather was handcuffed, put in a spit hood, stripped naked and left alone in a cell, rather than being provided medical care following a seizure in Darwin prison. WARNING: Distressing

NT Police Drug and Organised Crime Section allegedly seized 1kg of cocaine from a home on Wood St, Darwin, on Thursday, October 30.

Police & Courts

Ex-cop allegedly busted with 1kg of cocaine

A former NT Police officer was allegedly busted with a kilo of cocaine hidden in his Darwin city home. Read the latest from court.

Generic photo of a woman who is the victim of domestic violence.

Police & Courts

Man denies ‘murderous intent’ after stabbing wife to the back

A man who fatally stabbed his wife in the back lay next to her body and tried to comfort her as she bled out in a remote Territory community. WARNING: Distressing.

Generic imagery of Katherine Court House. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Police & Courts

Outback cold case inquest axed amid police investigation

A coronial inquest into a woman’s death that has haunted a Territory town for three years has been cancelled due to the ongoing ‘police investigation’. Read the latest here.

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Aryan Aryan, 21, leaves the Darwin Local Court in May where he stands charged with hit and run driving causing serious harm. Picture: Jason Walls

Triple hit and run delivery driver faces appeal

A young delivery driver who ran over three homeless people could have his home detention order appealed amid a Supreme Court battle.

Police & Courts

A photo shows a burning car on the sidelines of a demonstration in Nanterre, west of Paris, on June 27, 2023, after French police killed a teenager who refused to stop for a traffic check in the city. The 17-year-old was in the Paris suburb early on June 27 when police shot him dead after he broke road rules and failed to stop, prosecutors said. The event has prompted expressions of shock and questions over the readiness of security forces to pull the trigger. (Photo by Zakaria ABDELKAFI / AFP)

Young men allegedly flee from flaming car after police chase

Police allege three young men fled from a burning car following an extensive chase through Palmerston and Darwin. Read the latest here.

Police & Courts

SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - DV OFFENDER: Reece Edward Benson known to police for abusing six different women in the past, faced Dalby Court for choking the mother of his unborn child. Pic: Supplied

Woman allegedly choked by ex, charged by police

A Darwin woman who was left with ‘strangulation marks’ around her neck maintains she was misidentified by police after being charged with assault. Read the latest here.

Police & Courts

NT Police are calling for information after 36-year-old Tony Rowe was reported missing since 10pm Saturday May 28.

Truckie found guilty of ‘Darwin Underbelly’ murder

A year long mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Darwin fisherman has finally been resolved, with his murder trial exposing the ‘Underbelly of Darwin’.

Police & Courts

Juliet Marie Oldroyd, 50, been charged with abducting five-year-old Grace Hughes from Darwin.

Conspiracy theorist, kidnapper accused of faking illness

A ‘maligned and deluded busybody’ who convinced a Darwin mother to kidnap her own child has been accused of faking a debilitating and mysterious illness by a Supreme Court judge.

Police & Courts

Generic Imagery of Royal Darwin Hospital. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Delays for senior doctor allegedly busted with child abuse material

A senior Darwin doctor whose arrest caused shockwaves in the Top End health system could soon face the Supreme Court, seven months after he was initially charged.

Police & Courts

Pilot Sebastian Robinson during filming of Kane Chenoweth's documentary Sky Cowboy in February 2022.

Chopper crash survivor’s alleged illegal croc egg haul

Crocodile DNA will be used as evidence against a former pilot who allegedly took crocodile eggs from Kakadu National Park. Read the latest here.

Police & Courts

Dylan Clarke, 22, was allegedly involved in a large scale cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine syndicate in Darwin, with his mother Gwenda Walsh named as a co-accused.

‘Krispy Kremes’ and ‘Cupcakes’: Mother-son’s alleged drug syndicates code exposed

A young man’s chatter about doughnuts, soft drinks and cupcakes was allegedly a cover for a far more sinister world of hard drugs and criminal operations, a court has heard.

Police & Courts

Gun pointed at camera in close-up. Pistol in hand in dark. Criminal with dangerous firearm generic.

Tactical squad called in over Top End neighbour’s feud

A veteran who drunkenly threatened to kill his neighbour after unloading up to 12 bullets into the air has been told to ‘pull your head in’ by a Territory judge. Read the latest here.

Police & Courts

Gwenda Lye Walsh, 64, appeared before Darwin Local Court charged with possessing and supplying a commercial quantity of drugs and being in possession of the proceeds of crime.Â

‘Devoted’ Darwin granny charged in alleged drug syndicate bust

A Darwin grandmother who walked into a police raid of an alleged Darwin drug syndicate member’s home has made her bid for bail. See the latest here.

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