Two women have been killed and another taken to hospital after all three were struck by a car on Trower Road in Brinkin last night, NT Police said.


Two women have been killed and another taken to hospital after all three were struck by a car on Trower Road in Brinkin last night, NT Police said.

Two police officers attempting to enforce the CLP Government’s new nuisance public drinking laws were allegedly assaulted by members of a group drinking in a park, with one female officer punched in the face and another having a metal pole thrown at him, NT Police said.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in relation to the possession of stolen property from a Darwin home and sharing material on social media about the break-in, NT Police said.

Nearly 400 people in Katherine were scanned last week by police using metal detecting “wands” that led to 20 “positive indications for weapons”, NT Police said.

A 49-year-old woman who was struck by a bicycle in the northern suburbs last week has died in hospital as a result of serious injuries sustained in the collision, NT Police said.

A group of armed offenders allegedly involved in a series of burglaries and car thefts from various Alice Springs homes over the weekend, that saw them driving stolen vehicles dangerously around the town while throwing rocks out of the windows, avoided arrest and are still at large, NT Police said.

The dangerous pursuit of a stolen vehicle over a 75-kilometre area that saw a ute driven directly at police officers at times and objects hurled at officers during the chase, ended with three teens and three adults arrested, NT Police said.

The “extensive” manhunt for two young offenders who escaped the Alice Springs youth prison on Tuesday has ended after the pair turned themselves in to police with the support of their families on Wednesday night, the Corrections Commissioner said.

A 56-year-old motorcyclist has died in a collision with a vehicle at the intersection of Chung Wah Terrace and Elrundie Avenue on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.

The Finocchiaro Government has pledged an “extra” $1 million in funding for Legal Aid NT, a day after a homeless man charged with aggravated robbery was reportedly granted bail due to confusion around his trial following Legal Aid cutting his defence funding.

Four teens aged between 13 and 15 who were on bail have been arrested, while other alleged offenders are still on the run, after an alleged attempted car-jacking, multiple burglaries, and the theft of scooters in Darwin overnight, NT Police said.

A 29-year-old woman has been charged with child exploitation offences after three homes in the Greater Darwin region were raided by a joint police taskforce this month, including the woman’s home in a Palmerston suburb last week, making her the third alleged offender from the ring busted in the last two weeks.