Former Litchfield mayor Doug Barden was bailed on Monday after spending the weekend in the Palmerston watch house following the NT Police laying 10 charges against him, including aggravated assault, ‘choking, strangling or suffocation’ and numerous firearms offences.

Details of the alleged incident have not been publicly released, but Mr Barden, 66, was arrested over the weekend and appeared in Darwin Local Court on Monday.

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