Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has caused confusion with her public remarks about the five lying officers who misled a coronial inquest over their involvement in racist TRG awards, telling Parliament today that they are currently under an NT Police “internal review”, but later saying “this matter is closed” when asked what action she is taking as Police Minister to clean up the mess.
Five teens with weapons who allegedly stole two cars overnight to carry out a crime spree were arrested after crashing one of the cars in the northern suburbs during a police pursuit, and attempting to hide from police dogs in various locations including in a tree and a puddle, NT Police said.
A 19-year-old female was allegedly sexually assaulted in the bathroom of an Alice Springs fast-food restaurant around 6:30am Saturday morning, NT Police said, following two reports of domestic violence incidents over the weekend across the NT, including a stabbing.
A pub in Darwin and a pub in Humpty Doo were ram raided overnight with the offenders using a vehicle stolen from a home in Rosebery, NT Police said.
Disgraced former NT Police detective Wayne Newell has been sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of using a carriage service to harass as part of a strange case that the NT Police top brass attempted to keep out of the public spotlight.
CLP Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby released a secret ICAC report in Parliament Thursday that probed the NT Police’s and DPP’s pursuit of former children’s commissioner Colleen Gwynne for hiring a mate for a senior job, finding the previous Labor government entered into an undisclosed payout deal with Ms Gwynne after her trial was aborted, but before the DPP could appeal the judge’s decision.
An alleged member of the Mongols was arrested for drug offences on Friday, in connection to a Gangs Task Force raid of a Palmerston residence last month that resulted in the seizure of more than $130,000 in cash and 60g of Ecstasy tablets, NT Police said.
A 28-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly indecently exposing herself at a school this morning, the NT Police said.
Disgraced former NT Police detective Wayne Newell pleaded guilty to one count of using a carriage service to harass when he appeared in Darwin Local Court this week.
Police commissioner Michael Murphy has been officially terminated from the role, the Chief Minister has said, although there was no update provided on when a new commissioner will be hired and how that hiring panel will be managed.
The ICAC’s report into Police Commissioner Michael Murphy’s improper conduct in hiring a mate for a senior police executive role has contradicted Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s account of events, raising more questions about why she chose not to take any action against the commissioner for more than a week and initially remained silent on the scandal.
Police are looking for a perpetrator who broke into a Alice Springs business and stole cash and a safe, NT Police said.
