The Finocchiaro CLP Government has moved to withdraw government housing for Darwin police officers as part of its latest contract negotiations, the NT Police Association has said, labelling it a “slap in the face to every police officer” and a broken election commitment.
The 18-year-old man charged with the murder of Nightcliff Friendly Grocer owner Linford Feick appeared in court Monday, where it was discovered his age and legal name were not properly recorded, resulting in previous charges connected to other alleged offences believed to be youth matters now changed to adult matters.
A 26-year-old Alice Springs service station worker was stabbed on Sunday morning after confronting two males stealing merchandise, NT Police said, while another Darwin service station employee was threatened with an “edged weapon” in a similar situation on Friday night.
UPDATED: An 18-year-old who allegedly stabbed a Nightcliff supermarket owner to death on Wednesday after a dispute over stolen goods has been charged with murder, NT Police said. The teen was on bail at the time of the stabbing and had been ordered to remain in a remote community.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has announced she will hand down the findings of her more than two-years-long inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu on June 10.
The 18-year-old who allegedly killed a Darwin supermarket owner on Wednesday afternoon was on bail for multiple violent offences at the time of the stabbing, including sexual intercourse with a child under 16, depriving a person of their liberty, assaulting police and spitting on emergency workers, The Australian has reported. He was charged with murder on Thursday night.
Two people were killed in a two vehicle collision on the Stuart Highway near Lake Bennett overnight, NT Police said.
An elderly Katherine woman used a shovel to stop four people breaking into her house through a window they had smashed, NT Police said.
A series of high-visibility operations during the long Easter weekend by NT Police to enhance road safety across the region uncovered more than 60 people testing positive to either alcohol or drugs in their system while driving, with hundreds of others caught speeding and not wearing seat belts.
A taxi was allegedly used by three males to ram raid a Moil business, NT Police said.
A man was taken to hospital in a serious condition after being stabbed in a house in Gapuwiyak yesterday afternoon, NT Police said.
A man was taken to Katherine Hospital in a serious condition overnight after allegedly being hit by a 4WD ute which was being driven at people and ramming parked cars while a large fight caused by a feud between community groups was going on, NT Police said.
