Category Archives: Crime

How Canberra keeps the NT’s “rivers of grog” flowing

November 3, 2009 – 10:54 am

in ordinary circumstances under the previous regime, Ms Nudjulu would have been a prime candidate for a custodial sentence. She had previous convictions for possession of alcohol contrary to the Liquor Act – and was currently subject to a suspended sentence.

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Meet Kevin Rudd’s “scum of the earth” – 5 years in Berrimah for $560

October 30, 2009 – 7:15 pm

In any other circumstances Beny and Tahir would be prime candidates for the exercise of long-standing judicial discretions and the application of the ordinary judicial Sentencing Principles that provide clarity and transparency in sentencing.

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The NT Police and the “tragic and unnecessary” death of Bob Plasto

October 27, 2009 – 10:04 am

NT Police officer Acting Sergeant Brad Fox had been charged with aggravated assault in relation to an incident at the Royal Darwin Hospital in December 2007 that ended with the death of film-maker Bob Plasto.

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NT Police to be charged with murder…of the English language

October 24, 2009 – 5:23 pm

“spastic c**t”; “stupid f**king idiot”; “god, he f**king stinks”; “shut your face.”; “dumb f**k”; “f**king loser”; “d**khead over there”; “… no brain”; “f**king retard”; “piece of s**t that he is”; “you f**king wanker”; shut the f**k up”

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Death on the Stuart Highway – the killing of Ron Marks

September 4, 2009 – 9:58 am

This was the first of the many hundreds of roadside memorials that I’ve seen over the years that concerned a death by misadventure at the hands of another other than by motor-vehicle accident.

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