Chief Justice Michael Grant has issued a rare public statement in the wake of public outrage over a young offender being granted bail to fly to Lajamanu on a taxpayer-funded chartered plane for a funeral that he later absconded from, telling the public their criticism of the situation is misguided and that they fail to understand “the circumstances of compassionate bail”, while also criticising the current legislation.
A group of hikers who activated an emergency alert near Motor Car Falls, about 97 kilometres south of Jabiru on Sunday morning after becoming lost, have been rescued, NT Police said.
A tourist from the United States had her purse, passport, and bank cards stolen while she was in Alice Springs Hospital on Friday, NT Police said.
A 17-year-old on bail who allegedly stabbed his 16-year-old partner repeatedly in the legs and back in a remote community has been arrested and charged, NT Police said, while also calling for the public’s help with information about an unrelated indecent assault of multiple people in Darwin’s party district over the weekend.
An 18-year-old male was charged with drug and firearm-related offences by the NT Police on Friday, after a raid of his Katherine home yielded illegal drugs, firearms, ammunition and fireworks.
UPDATED: One of two teens who sparked national outrage for allegedly fracturing an eight-week-old baby’s skull during a mid-afternoon Alice Springs home invasion in December escaped custody yesterday afternoon, after reportedly being permitted to attend a funeral in Lajamanu, but was re-arrested on Thursday.
NT Police are investigating the circumstances around the death of a 39-year-old Humpty Doo woman who was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital on Monday morning after falling “seriously ill”, with a man known to the woman later arrested.
A man is in Royal Darwin Hospital with a cut to his forehead from allegedly being attacked with an “edged weapon” after the windows of his parked car were smashed by three offenders who are still on the run, NT Police said.
A man has been arrested following a police pursuit after officers tried to stop him over an aggrevated burglary he allegedly committed in Alice Springs last Thursday.
UPDATED: Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro appeared on Thursday to walk back from her $3 million election pledge to give long-serving NT Police officers a bonus to keep experienced cops on the beat, after being questioned about it in Parliament, but later said she was still “committed” to a bonus although it is unclear how it will work, how much it will cost and how much police officers will receive.
A man has been charged after allegedly holding his partner against her will with a gun across four days, and assaulting her and threatening to kill her, NT Police said.
The CLP Government will table a new bill to provide NT Police with “express powers” to access private property without a search warrant for offenders who breach parole or domestic violence orders.
