Suzi Milgate seeks jury trial for alleged cream pie attack on Chief Minister Natasha Fyles

Real estate agent Suzi Milgate says she wants to be judged ‘by my peers’ after an allegedly unprovoked attack on the Chief Minister with a cream crepe.

The woman accused of throwing a cream crepe in Chief Minister Natasha Fyles face has told the Darwin Local Court she is taking the matter to trial to be heard “by my peers”.

Real estate agent Suzi Milgate arrived at court on Monday with a dozen supporters in tow, some wearing anti-vax slogan tees and refusing to stand when directed for the judge’s entry.

Suzi Milgate. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

After telling Judge Tanya Fong Lim she had no legal representation but planned to in the future, 56-year-old Milgate said she was pleading “not guilty”.

“I know you’re pleading not guilty, but in relation to your representation have you actually made the appointment (with a lawyer)?” Ms Fong Lim asked.

Milgate said: “that will be in the future – I seek a trial, and the trial to be heard by my peers”.

The judge said she would not list trial dates until Milgate had a lawyer and could confirm their availability, at which point Milgate said “I do have a lawyer”.

Asked who her lawyer was, Milgate replied “he’s down south”.

Ms Fong Lim said if there was a lawyer down south, she recommended they “read our court rules”.

“If you can provide your lawyer’s contact details to the prosecution so they can speak to your lawyer about this matter, that would be helpful to everybody,” Ms Fong Lim said.

Asked again outside court who was providing her legal representation, Milgate said “wait to see”.

Milgate was charged with aggravated assault and using a carriage service to harass after the alleged attack on the Chief Minister at Nightcliff markets on September 24.

Speaking to the NT News after the incident, Ms Milgate said: “a cream pie? For f — sakes. That’s not an assault, is a cream pie f — ing assault? And it’s fresh cream, how hard is fresh cream?”

Milgate remains on bail and will return to court next year.