A woman has been charged after allegedly assaulting her neighbour with a fork, and then throwing a 10kg piece of concrete down a stairwell, narrowly missing an arresting officer’s head, NT Police said.
Senior Sergeant Siiri Tennosaar said in a statement that about 9am on Thursday police went to a home on Essington Avenue, Palmerston, after a 48-year-old woman allegedly assaulted her neighbour with a “kitchen utensil”.
The victim suffered minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment.
Snr Sgt Tennosaar said that during the arrest the woman allegedly dropped a 10kg piece of concrete down a stairwell in the direction of police, with it narrowly missing an officer’s head and landing on his foot.
The woman has been charged with aggravated assault, assaulting police, recklessly endangering serious harm, and resisting arrest. Police did not say if the officer was injured.
Snr Sgt Tennosaar said that about 4:40pm on the same day officers went to Katherine’s Anzac Memorial Park and told a group of people to surrender the alcohol they were drinking, but a 23-year-old refused, and allegedly assaulted an officer, and then assaulted another officer at the police watch house.
He was charged with multiple offences, including assaulting police. NT Police did not say how the officers were assaulted or if they were injured.
“It is unacceptable that these officers are assaulted during the execution of their duty as they go about protecting and serving the community. Of particular concern was the potentially life threatening incident in Palmerston. Thankfully the officer was not seriously injured,” Snr Sgt Tennosaar said.
Bottle shops open at 2pm in Katherine. It took less than 3 hours for this problem to start. How much time was spent in a bar waiting for 2pm. It’s a stupid restriction that only serves to shift the timeline for troublemakers.