Busted almost four times the limit after driving to help a mate
A mum got behind the wheel while almost four times the legal limit after getting a distressed call from her friend. Read what the court was told here.
Local Crime NT
‘Cluster of epic proportions’: manslaughter trial abandoned
An ‘egregious failure’ by the Territory’s workplace safety investigators to hand over more than a thousand files has caused the jury of a landmark trial to be dismissed. See the latest.
Chief Minister to be grilled over ‘job for a mate’ scandal
The Chief Minister faces a ticking clock to take action over a ‘job for a mate’ scandal, after an independent politician committed to grilling her in parliament over the unnamed senior executive.
NT Government lockdown over ‘jobs for mates’ scandal
The Territory government has put up a wall of silence after the corruption watchdog revealed a ‘job for a mates’ scheme at the highest levels of the senior public service.
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‘Act of desperation’: Man sets fire for attention after calls for help ignored
A young man who waited hours for emergency services to help his suicidal girlfriend chose to light a fire at a remote cop shop in an ‘act of desperation’ to save her life.
NT family’s living nightmare two years after mum’s disappearance
Two years after a Territory mum vanished into the outback, NT Police are reviewing a recommendation to double the reward for information over her suspected homicide.
‘We have no one’: Unwell Territorians unable to access critical reports
Territorians likely to be found not guilty of their charges are being kept in prison due to a ‘backlog’ of health reports.
Territorians denied rights amid ‘nightmare’ court chaos
The Territory’s justice system has been compared to the Titanic, as crippling arrest rates exceed police cell, court and corrections capacities.
Three month delay in wife’s murder charge
A Top End man who was reportedly mobbed by an angry crowd after allegedly stabbing his wife has appeared before the courts for the first time, three months after her death.
Darwin court chaos 24-hours after bail changes hit
‘Extraordinary’ pressures have hit the Darwin Local Courts following tough bail changes and soaring arrest rates.
Chief ‘unapologetic’ over tough bail laws amid prison squeeze
Police have lost a 100-bed facility as Corrections prepares for more Territorians to be stuck inside a cell under tough new bail laws. Click here for a rare tour inside the Top End’s main police watch house.
NT Police suicide sparks coronial inquest
The failure to address the mental health scars impacting one of the Territory’s ‘greatest guardian angels’ will be investigated in an upcoming coronial inquest.
Crossbow killer sentenced after mistaken identity mix-up
A young father who fired a crossbow into the heart of a man from a feuding family has been sentenced after allowing his friend to take the blame for the fatal shot.
Top End man quashes fatal punch verdict
A man who has spent the past two years in a cell has had his conviction wiped after a Supreme Court found an 11th hour ‘tenuous’ theory put his trial in chaos.
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