The NT Police Association has called for Police Commissioner Michael Murphy to resign, following revelations he engaged in misconduct and failed to manage a serious conflict of interest by hiring a mate for a senior role, which has “ignited widespread frustration and anger” within the police rank-and-file, who are once again questioning the integrity of their leadership.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy is the “senior public officer” the ICAC found engaged in improper conduct by hiring a mate for a senior role in the NT Police, but he has refused to resign, despite the findings that his actions amounted to “negligence and incompetence”.
Three females, one as young as 14, have been arrested for allegedly assaulting and robbing a 101-year-old man in a mobility scooter on Mitchell Street last night, NT Police said.
A 31-year-old woman has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her partner in Darwin on Friday night, NT Police said.
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly using a car to run over her partner in Alice Springs, NT Police said.
A woman is in a critical condition in Royal Darwin Hospital after her partner allegedly stabbed her in the stomach, back, and legs in her home in a remote community, while police had to be brought in to quell a fight that broke out between the couple’s families outside the medical clinic, NT Police said.
A group of males “attempting to start” a Toyota Landcruiser in the staff car park at the Darwin Airport on Wednesday evening kicked off a long night of stolen vehicle action for NT Police, that saw a police vehicle rammed and projectiles thrown at officers.
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.
