The 217 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, April 20, 2026. This list includes all the charges.


The 217 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Monday, April 20, 2026. This list includes all the charges.

Police are looking for two male youths who allegedly broke into a woman’s home in Lajamanu in the middle of the night, stole her car keys and used her vehicle to perform burnouts in the community, NT Police said.

The 255 names facing criminal courts in the Northern Territory for Wednesday, April 15, 2026. This list includes all the charges.
The media might have been putting out fake news when they said David Connolly was the new Administrator because the comedian Billy Connolly would be the right choice, writes Gerry Wood.

A man has been charged for allegedly assaulting a woman on a Darwin Harbour sunset cruise and later assaulting another woman in a vehicle outside a hotel at the Darwin Waterfront on Friday evening, NT Police said.

A 32-year-old man has today been charged with murder after his partner was found dead in Palmerston on Tuesday night, NT Police said.

A 22-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly threatening a taxi driver with a screwdriver and telling him he would kill him before stealing the vehicle in Malak overnight, NT Police said.

Ian McNeill, the fourth Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, has died in Darwin, aged 76.
From the beginning of its existence the Litchfield Council prided itself on not being over regulatory, and not taking on the responsibilities of government, but proposed new bylaws change that writes Gerry Wood.
Litchfield Council’s decision to move its library to Coolalinga seems to be in breach of the Local Government Act, showing a lack of responsible decision making, and a lack of accountability to the ratepayer, writes Gerry Wood.
A solution is urgently required in the stand-off between the CLP and the judges of the Local Court regarding the proposal for the court to sit at the prisons, writes Eric Withnall.

A 36-year-old man has been charged with murder over the death of his partner in Katherine on Monday night, NT Police said.