A man who lured a 19-year-old German backpacker into a dark carpark on Smith Street and attempted to rape her has been sentenced to prison for three years and 10 months in the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Darwin.
Health manager questioned in petrol-sniffing death inquiry wished well in new Victoria gig by NT boss
Top End Health’s mental health and drugs manager was thanked by his superiors for his “contribution” to the agency and congratulated on his new job in Victoria two weeks before an inquest into the deaths of three children who were known to sniff petrol heard he did not understand the law and guidelines around treatment plans.
‘Once you drive a bobcat onto Parliament lawn everyone goes berserk’: Activists on trial for ‘drilling’ at Parliament House
More than 50 anti-fracking protesters rallied outside Darwin’s magistrates court this morning ahead of a two-day trial which will see two activists plead not guilty to charges of criminal damage involving drilling on Parliament lawns in April 2019.
‘Infatuated’ 51-year-old man avoids jail after grooming young girl for relationship
A man has been sentenced to three months house arrest after pleading guilty to sending sexually explicit pictures to a 14-year-old girl, in what a Supreme Court Judge described as an attempt to groom her for a sexual relationship.
Manager caught stealing thousands from The Good Guys sentenced to house arrest with mother
A Darwin manager of electronics chain The Good Guys has been sentenced to one-year house arrest at his mother’s residence after he was caught stealing more than $55,000 from his place of employment.
Man avoids jail after vicious bike attack leaves partner with gashes to her body
A Galiwinku man who viciously beat his partner with a rake and a spear-throwing device in front of their children, and threw a bike on her while she lay defenceless on the ground has narrowly avoided jail.
Katherine man jailed for ‘disturbing’ attacks on women, including Bundy bottle glassing
A Katherine man will spend 18 months in jail for two assaults against women – including one where he smashed a rum bottle over the woman, cutting her severely, before dragging her by the hair and repeatedly kicking her.
‘Strikes at heart of justice’: False confession bought with booze and drugs lands Darwin man in jail
An NT Supreme Court Judge has described the actions of a Darwin man as “very seriously striking at the heart of justice” after he provided a false confession to police that he ran over an 83-year-old woman.
Former Don Dale worker jailed for drug syndicate role
A former Don Dale Youth Detention Centre youth justice officer has been jailed more than a year for supplying drugs to an alleged syndicate kingpin and babysitting his business while he was on holidays.
Man jailed for ‘offensive, disgraceful and perverted’ pictures of sleeping three-year-old daughter
A 42-year-old truck driver from Darwin has faced court after thousands of images of his three-year-old daughter, niece and other unidentified young girls in shopping centres in sexually explicit positions were found in his possession.
Zachary Rolfe lawyers argue murder case should be thrown out in final submissions
Lawyers representing NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe, charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker in Yeundemu late last year, have taken aim at key evidence revealed by body worn camera footage saying it “distorts reality”.
‘Children have been harmed’: Darwin man jailed for possession of child abuse material
A Darwin man has been sentenced to six months imprisonment after being found in possession of 240 child abuse images and videos involving children as young as six.