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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

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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.

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)

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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.

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has been found guilty of allegations he conspired to cover up details of the helicopter crash that killed Chris Wilson. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

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Outback Wrangler to fight conspiracy verdict in appeal

A celebrity crocodile wrangler convicted of attempting to cover up his dodgy bookkeeping in the wake of his mate’s death will launch his appeal within the next 48 hours.

Kush Raj Rayamajhi leaving the Supreme Court in Darwin on the first day of his fatal hit and run trial, on Monday, September 1. Picture: Zizi Averill

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Driver cleared of Nightcliff fatal hit and run

An off-duty Darwin bus driver has been found not guilty of a fatal hit and run, with a jury ruling he did not see a sleeping Aboriginal man laying in the centre of the road.

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Remote Helicopter Australia pilot Michael Burbidge, left, and Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright entering the NT Supreme Court in Darwin on Friday, August 8. Picture: Zizi Averill

‘Know who to trust’: Pilot who destroyed dead man’s phone’s warning to Outback Wrangler

A jury has heard the man who destroyed his dead mate’s phone warned the Outback Wrangler: ‘You need to find out who’s f–king said it so you know who to trust or who not to trust.’

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin on Thursday August 7. Picture: Zizi Averill

‘Start squealing’: Outback Wrangler bugged in chopper crash conspiracy investigation

The ‘Crocodile King of the Territory’ and a former senior NT cop have shared their testimony on the second day of the Matt Wright Supreme Court trial. Read the latest.

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DARWIN, AUSTRALIA- NewsWire Photos- AUGUST 6, 2025. Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin on Wednesday August 6. Picture: NewsWire/Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Judge’s blast: Outback Wrangler trial nearly ‘aborted’ following ‘unfair’ ACA segment

A Territory judge has condemned a national television program for broadcasting ‘unfair’ coverage on the eve of reality television star’s Supreme Court trial. ‘That’s not what TV journalists should be doing’.

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Matt Wright and his wife Kaia Wright approaching the Supreme Court in Darwin on Tuesday August 5. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Jury confirmed for Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s Supreme Court trial

A reality television star who has stared down snapping crocs and wild buffalo is set to meet his new challenge, the jury in his NT Supreme Court trial. See how they were selected here.

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A police officer next to a police car blocking Taylor St in Alice Springs. Picture:Gera Kazakov NT Police cops generic

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.

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Anthony James Hobden at the Darwin Supercars event in 2020 at Happy Valley. Picture: Glenn Campbell

Larrikin’s loved ones share grief following fatal crash hearing

‘She’s is in a world of pain. Her whole world has been ripped away’: The loved ones of a Hidden Valley Supercar icon have spoken up following a court hearing over a horror fatal crash.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright and his wife Kaia. Picture: Instagram

Reality star’s airboat, chopper crash court battles stalled

An Aussie reality television star is fighting off work safety charges after his Top End companies suffered two high profile crashes over just 15 months.

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Matt Wright arrives at the Darwin Local Court on Thursday. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

Matt Wright switches lawyers in chopper safety battle

Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has brought on new lawyers over allegations his company illegally tampered with his helicopter flight logs before his friend’s fatal chopper crash.

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Superintendent Daniel Shean provides an update on a rock throwing incident at a Darwin city supermarket. Picture: Che Chorley

Ex-Top Cop to face Supreme Court over breatho conspiracy charge

The head of the Territory’s road safety division allegedly let his son out of a random breath test outside of Darwin’s biggest music festivals.

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Outback Wrangler Matt Wright leaving the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory at Darwin on October 24, 2024, alongside his wife Kaia and his barrister David Edwardson. Picture: Zizi Averill

Outback Wrangler seeking to ‘significantly shorten’ conspiracy trial

The mystery surrounding what occurred in the horrific wake of a Chris ‘Willow’ Wilson’s fatal chopper crash will be examined in just three months’ time. See why a reality television star is fighting to cut down his anticipated two-month trial.

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