Police expect a 38-year-old man will be charged this morning after allegedly ramming his vehicle into a Mitchell Street pub early Sunday morning, striking a 25-year-old man who is alleged to have assaulted the driver as part of a group earlier in the evening.
A 13-year-old boy, who was part of a group that allegedly robbed a Katherine service station and threatened a staff member, has been charged, NT Police said.
Chief Minister Michael Gunner has been accused of releasing “meaningless” youth crime data ahead of a visit to Alice Springs this week, which is being called into question by the Opposition after it was reported without scrutiny in an online newspaper.
A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder following the stabbing death of a 20-year-old woman in Jingili, NT Police said on Wednesday morning, in what appears to be a horrific domestic violence incident.
A woman suffering from PTSD with a long history of being a victim of sexual abuse and domestic violence but with a significant violent record herself, has been jailed for repeatedly stabbing her violent then-partner including piercing his stomach while they were both drunk and walking in Palmerston.
UPDATED: NT Police have said a man has been taken into custody after the stabbing death of a woman in Jingili.
WATCH THE VIDEO: A “disturbing” video that shows a male being punched and kicked in the head in the middle of an Alice Springs street while young people cheer is being described by residents and political leaders as the latest example in a long series of troubling crime issues that aren’t being addressed in the town.
An aerial and land search in Central Australia has ended in the discovery of what is believed to be the body of 37-year-old Yun-Seob Shin, who was reported missing from a camping trip after failing to show up for work on Saturday morning.
From a former Darwin man and his pregnant partner busted for allegedly operating a multimillion dollar meth lab in Sydney; to a former health clinic worker who savagely bit off a ‘large chunk’ of another woman’s ear using her teeth; and to a missing man found and later charged. This is what the NT Independent reported on cops, crime, and court over the past week. Read them all here
NT Police are investigating the cause of a fatal vehicle rollover in a remote area south west of Katherine that has killed one person at the scene and left another with critically injuries.
A former Darwin man has been charged along with his pregnant partner after NSW Police uncovered a multimillion-dollar drug laboratory and supply operation allegedly run by the couple in Sydney, along with 65kg of silver bullion, 900g of gold bullion, $750,000 cash and 23 boxes of ammunition.
NT Police have refused to disclose details of a troubling incident involving two people being stabbed in a car park near the Casuarina Square Shopping Centre, before they were chased into a nearby bottleshop where the offender allegedly attempted to stab them again.
