Govt talks with CDU to turn Katherine agricultural college into prison farm
Corrections Officers, advocacy groups are questioning plans to turn Katherine agricultural college into a prison farm. Read why.
Local Crime NT
House of horror: Dad ‘motivated by cruelty’ left kids in home covered in faeces, rubbish
A Palmerston father’s sadistic double life has been exposed, allowing his four young children to finally escape their home of squalor and abuse. WARNING: Distressing.
Record $500K reward offered to solve mystery behind NT dad’s disappearance
A coronial inquest was unable to solve the mystery surrounding Richard Roe’s disappearance, now NT Police have doubled their reward for a case that has plagued the “Underbelly of Darwin” for the past nine years.
Man claims he did not intend to kill wife in fatal stabbing
A Top End man said he did not intend to kill his wife and a beloved mother -of-five when he allegedly plunged a weapon into her back.
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COLD CASE: Investigation after woman’s body found outside outback courthouse
The coroner will investigate the ‘uncertain circumstances’ surrounding a Territory woman’s death, after her body was discovered outside a Territory courthouse.
Named: Young man charged over alleged Alice Springs tourist bashing
A man accused of brutally assaulting a tourist on the banks of an Alice Springs river has signalled he will fight the charges against him.
Coroner to investigate ‘urgency’ of Alice Springs missing person search
A 45-year-old man’s body was discovered within a 30 minute walk of his home six days after he disappeared from his supported living facility.
NT athlete who allegedly groomed student banned from approaching school
A well-known Territory sports figure has been fired from a Top End school and banned from approaching the campus. Find out his bail conditions.
Teenage girl dragged naked through Alice Springs in vile attack
WARNING Distressing: A 16-year-old girl was chased through the streets of Alice Springs before being stripped naked and beaten in a horrific attack.
Prisoner who self harmed charged over damage to NT cell
DISTRESSING: A young man who self harmed in a Northern Territory prison cell has been charged over the damage caused at the peak of his mental health crisis, a court has heard.
Teen accused of violent home invasion claims he is ‘hearing voices’
Two teenage boys who allegedly broke into a 71-year-old man’s home and violently assaulted him before escaping in a stolen car have appeared in the NT Youth Court.
Territory athlete, school employee accused of having sex with student
A well-known figure in the Northern Territory’s sporting scene has been accused of having sex with a teenage girl he met through his work at a Top End school. Read the latest.
‘Abhorrent’: Mum films herself suffocating baby ‘to get attention’ from ex
A Northern Territory judge has described the ‘distressing’ video of an eight-month-old baby struggling to breathe as a young mother blocked her child’s mouth and nose. WARNING: DISTRESSING
Alleged crepe attacker Suzi Milgate launches ‘background check’ on own doctor
A disbarred real estate agent who allegedly attacked a former Chief Minister with a crepe has accused her own psychiatrist of being part of a government conspiracy against her.
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