A man who tried to intervene in a service station break-in was hit with an axe after having fled to his car, while two men have been arrested over the assault and the burglary in Nightcliff on Thursday afternoon, NT Police said.
Police say they have expert opinions about the fuel system and airworthiness of Wright’s crashed chopper
NT Police has said its investigation file on last year’s crash of Matt Wright’s company’s helicopter includes evidence of maintenance and fuel records, expert opinions concerning the fuel system and airworthiness of the aircraft, and toxicology analyses of individuals involved in the crash.
Report that police have dug up the remains of the ‘baby in the post’
The remains of the so-called ‘baby in the post’ have been exhumed close to sixty years after his body was sent to the Darwin Post Office, the media has reported.
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage will not recuse herself from Walker inquest
Coroner Elisabeth Armitage has ruled that she will not recuse herself from presiding over the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker saying that she was not persuaded a fair-minded lay person would think she was not impartial.
Man allegedly stabbed by relative: Police
A man was stabbed in the leg on the Alice Springs Hospital lawns on Wednesday, allegedly by a relative, NT Police said.
Teens arrested over bottle shop ram raid using stolen cars: Police
Four teenagers have been arrested after allegedly using two stolen cars to ram raid a Darwin bottle shop and then attempt to ram police vehicles, before one car was stopped after police used tyre spikes on it twice during a pursuit, NT Police said.
Two children flown to hospital after hit-and-run
A two-year-old and a 12-year-old were flown to Royal Darwin Hospital after being struck in a hit-and-run in a remote community on Wednesday morning, NT Police said.
Group of males assault bus passenger, threaten him with machete after stealing gold necklace: Police
Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a “group of unknown males” who allegedly stole a male passenger’s gold necklace before forcing him off the bus, where they assaulted and threatened him with a machete.
Police Minister, Commissioner contradict each other over 50 ‘extra’ police in Alice Springs
Police Minister Brent Potter and Police Commissioner Michael Murphy have contradicted themselves in interviews about how they will provide a pledged 50 extra police in Alice Springs, while the union representing police said they believed officers would have to be brought in from remote communities, recently estimating the Territory was about 200 officers short.
Three boys break into 80-year-old woman’s home, hit her in the head with a rock: Police
An 11-year-old boy, and two 13-year-old boys allegedly broke into an 80-year-old woman’s home in Alice Springs, with one of them throwing a rock into her head, which required the woman to be treated in hospital, NT Police said.
Woman killed, man and four children taken to hospital after remote crash
A 20-year-old woman was killed, and a man and four children were taken to Royal Darwin Hospital, after a single vehicle crash near a remote community on Friday.
Man involved in attempted axe attacks on shoppers on the run, police give no description of offender
A man who was involved in attempted axe attacks on shoppers is on the run, while a police officer suffered a serious puncture wound on her arm after attempting to arrest him and another man involved in the violent shopping centre incident, NT Police said.