An application to have Constable Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial moved to Darwin will be heard next month, with details of the reasons for the application suppressed for now.
Jealous wife jailed for stabbing husband’s lover seven times, bashing husband with rock
A woman who bashed her husband in the head with a rock and later stabbed his girlfriend seven times in the back, shoulder and head – including severing an artery – while she was sitting on a mattress with the man, and who was later sentenced to jail for assaulting her again, has had her latest jail sentence suspended after eight months.
Former health clinic worker who tore off ‘large chunk’ of ear with teeth given suspended sentence
A former health clinic worker who tore off a large chunk of her former sister-in-law’s ear with her teeth during a drunken fight, has been given a suspended jail sentence in the NT Supreme Court, in part because of the birth of her baby and her prospects for rehabilitation.
‘Traumatic and chilling’: Trusted delivery man jailed over indecent images taken of Alice Springs children
Two distraught mothers have relayed to a court the “traumatic and chilling” account of how their young daughters were captured on camera by an Alice Springs delivery driver, which he added to a collection of “serious” child abuse material he had downloaded, including four pictures in a category officially defined as involving sex between children or between children and adults.
Man who shot victim in the chest with bow and arrow during family feud sentenced to jail
A man has been sentenced to jail after a family feud in a remote community ended with another man being speared in the chest by an arrow fired from a bow that narrowly missed the victim’s heart.
‘It’s all good man, I did it’: Knife-weilding robber who turned himself in avoids jail sentence
A 30-year-old Darwin man who wielded a steak knife to rob the Coles Express service station in Nightcliff in February – and later turned himself in because he “felt bad” – has avoided a jail sentence.
‘Censorship at its worst’: Barrister’s criticism of the NT legal system rebuked
A prominent Darwin barrister says his pursuit to reduce the Northern Territory’s “racist” and “shameful” incarceration rate – higher than anywhere else on the planet – has been stifled and censored by the Australian Lawyers Alliance.
Youth involved in crime spree, car thefts and police pursuit sentenced in Darwin Supreme Court
A 19-year-old has been sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to a “particularly galling” crime spree involving a police pursuit, more than $100,000 worth of stolen cars and countless business owners left covering the costs.
Darwin man who attempted to evade police over child abuse material charges jailed
A 28-year-old Darwin man will spend 12 months in jail after a joint anti-child exploitation task force seized his laptop that had a combined 163 child abuse videos and images on it.
Zachary Rolfe to stand trial over death of Kumanjayi Walker
UPDATED: NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe will face a murder charge in the Supreme Court over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Alice Springs next month, following a drawn-out committal hearing in which a judge found sufficient evidence to put Mr Rolfe on trial.
Man jailed for brutal attack that forced Irish girl to fight for her life with a bat
A 27-year-old man will spend 16 months in jail after pleading guilty to a horrific attack that forced an Irish female working in the remote Indigenous community of Peppimenarti to fight for her life with a softball bat.
No courts, no detention under bold idea to tackle the NT’s escalating youth crime
Youth courts as Territorians know them would be abolished, detention centres replaced with boarding schools and Indigenous Elders put back in charge of administering justice, under a bold new plan to address the NT’s consistently high crime rate.