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Granny chases thieves with club

ARMED with a thick wooden axe handle, 67-year-old grandmother Sarah Worden chased four youths out of her unit complex after they tried to steal her car >> VIDEO

Greeks’ disbelief over cocaine busts

Greeks’ disbelief over cocaine busts
KIERAN BANKS ARREST VIDEO: The Greek community is in shock following the arrest of three people from prominent families who were charged with supplying cocaine

CDU professor accused of hidden camera

CDU professor accused of hidden camera
KIERAN BANKS A CHARLES Darwin University professor has been accused of installing a hidden camera in the bathroom of his northern suburbs home to film a female housemate without her consent

Charges after cocaine bust

Charges after cocaine bust
KIERAN BANKS VIDEO: A married couple and a well-known food outlet operator from the Darwin Greek community are accused of running a cocaine syndicate

Drug dog makes bust in Adelaide River

Drug dog makes bust in Adelaide River
PHILLIPPA BUTT NT DRUG dog Bear has found more than 9kg of cannabis in a car travelling through Adelaide River

Teen charged with property offences

Teen charged with property offences
PHILLIPPA BUTT NORTHERN Territory Police have charged a 16-year-old male for a range of property crimes in Alice Springs in late January

Tennant Creek business up in flames

Tennant Creek business up in flames
PHILLIPPA BUTT NORTHERN Territory Police are investigating a suspicious structure fire in Tennant Creek

Jury must decide on intent

Jury must decide on intent
KIERAN BANKS A JURY must decide if a man who appeared to stomp on the head and body of his victim 51 times during a brutal daylight attack at a Palmerston shopping centre intended to kill him.

Fraudster to face Vic court

Fraudster to face Vic court
KIERAN BANKS A MAN sentenced to eight months jail in the Territory for a credit card scam was extradited to Victoria last night where he is accused of committing more than $2 million in fraud

Sword stealing not a good idea

Sword stealing not a good idea
NT NEWS TWO men armed with swords and wandering in bushland on the outskirts of Alice Springs have been arrested

Charges unlikely over all-in brawl

Charges unlikely over all-in brawl
KIERAN BANKS SOME of the students identified by police in a wild brawl at Casuarina Square have been suspended from school but are unlikely to face criminal charges.

Teen involved in crash fatal faces aggravated assault allegations

Teen involved in crash fatal faces aggravated assault allegations
CRAIG DUNLOP AARON Hyde’s side kick who was given a “lenient” suspended jail sentence three months ago for being in a stolen car involved in a fatal head-on collision is facing fresh aggravated assault allegations

Push to clean up streets

Push to clean up streets
LAUREN ROBERTS MORE than 100 Palmerston residents and community leaders attended a meeting in Driver recently, committed to reducing anti-social behaviour in the community

ID query in focus

ID query in focus
CRAIG DUNLOP SEX crimes investigators used questionably obtained evidence in the investigation of a Torres Strait Islander man, the second such case in recent weeks where the courts have been asked to toss out significant evidence from a rape trial

Man sold meth to teenager

Man sold meth to teenager
CRAIG DUNLOP A DRUG dealer who tried to sell 14g of “ice” to a teenage girl in broad daylight has agreed to be locked up aheagd of his sentencing in two weeks’ time

Another teen rampage caught on CCTV

Another teen rampage caught on CCTV
A TEEN gave the finger to a CCTV camera which captured him throwing a brick through a beauty business at Jape Home Maker Village

Woman in hospital after alleged hit-run

Woman in hospital after alleged hit-run
A YOUNG woman has been hospitalised following an alleged hit-run

DNA still needed for bikie axe trial

DNA still needed for bikie axe trial
KIERAN BANKS PROSECUTORS are awaiting DNA evidence on the alleged revenge axe-attack by three Rebels bikie gang members before the case can proceed

Police investigating death on Stuart Highway

Police investigating death on Stuart Highway
NT NEWS NORTHERN Territory Police are investigating a death on the Stuart Highway, five kilometres north of Connors Well

18 officers join youth crime fight

18 officers join youth crime fight
GARY SHIPWAY THE Government is bolstering its efforts to tackle youth crime by pulling 18 police officers from internal resources to work on the beat and as detectives

Stuart Park shattered

Stuart Park shattered
KIERAN BANKS VANDALS took to two Stuart Park businesses and a church during the latest crime spree targeting shopfronts

Two prisoners escape custody within a day

Two prisoners escape custody within a day
LAUREN ROBERTS THE second Darwin prisoner to escape from custody within just 24 hours has now been recaptured by NT Police

Cleaner chases crim with mop

Cleaner chases crim with mop
KIERAN BANKS A CLEANER chased vandals accused of causing thousands of dollars in damage during a crime spree out of a Darwin sports club with a mop

Trial for nurse’s murder delayed

Trial for nurse’s murder delayed
ANDREW DOWDELL in Port Augusta AN ABORIGINAL interpreter has refused to take part in a court hearing for the man accused of abducting and murdering outback nurse Gayle Woodford.

Darren Ashley to be sentenced

Darren Ashley to be sentenced
CRAIG DUNLOP MURDERER Darren Ashley will return to court for sentencing submissions on March 2, likely bringing to an end a years-long legal saga which has seen him twice found guilty of murdering his estranged wife

Former NRL star fined for drug driving charge

Former NRL star fined for drug driving charge
CRAIG DUNLOP FORMER NRL hooker Joel Romelo had ice in his system while behind the wheel of a car the day after he was bailed on conditions not to use drugs, Darwin Local Court has heard

Crossing craziness

Crossing craziness
ASHLEY MANICAROS JUST days after three people lost their lives in a flooded Territory river crossing, six people have had to be assisted after attempting to drive the swollen Magela Crossing near Jabiru

Another car washed off flooded river crossing

Another car washed off flooded river crossing
PHILLIPPA BUTT JUST days after three people lost their lives crossing a flooded river crossing, another group has been swept off a road near Jabiru

Voller pens jailhouse poetry

Voller pens jailhouse poetry
CRAIG DUNLOP TEENAGE criminal Dylan Voller has published two rap songs detailing his plight in jail, and a poem co-written with convicted murderer Zac Grieve

Cop shop set to stay open in Alice

Cop shop set to stay open in Alice
ALICE SPRINGS police station will remain open 24 hours a day, Commissioner Reece Kershaw has confirmed