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.
‘Cunning and predatory’: 22-year-old sentenced to prison for attempted rape of German backpacker
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.
30-year-old charged over indecent assaults of woman and young girl in Katherine
A 30-year-old man has been arrested and charged following two incidents of indecent assaults on a young girl and a woman Tuesday morning in Katherine.
Three teens arrested in Maningrida for allegedly stealing and smashing ranger vehicles
Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly stealing three vehicles from an Indigenous corporation and damaging them beyond repair, including rolling one onto its roof in Maningrida, NT Police said.
Police looking for man who indecently assaulted young girl
Police are calling for witnesses to an alleged indecent assault of a young girl in Katherine, which may have been committed by a man who “approached” a woman in the main shopping centre carpark on Tuesday morning.
Teenage driver allegedly distracted and under the influence kills 24-year-old female in ‘tragic’ weekend on Darwin’s roads
A 24-year-old female and two pedestrians are dead after three separate road crashes across Darwin in a “tragic and busy week” for NT Police.
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.
Five now charged over alleged Alice Springs hit and run
Two more youths have been charged following an alleged hit and run in a stolen vehicle in Alice Springs on Thursday night where a motorbike rider was left in critical condition at Royal Adelaide Hospital, NT Police said.
Man jumps from ferry after allegedly attacking another passenger
A ferry passenger had to be rescued from the coast of the Beagle Gulf after he allegedly attacked another passenger then jumped overboard the vessel, NT Police said.
‘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.
Teenager charged over woman’s death in car crash
Major Crash Investigation Unit detectives have charged a 17-year-old male for being under the influence of drugs, among other charges, over a crash that killed a woman on Saturday.