‘A history of family violence’: in the NT, a mother’s loss and a police system in dire need of overhaul

Mona’s daughter died of a head injury; the NT coroner said in his findings that the decision not to establish a crime was likely related to the fact her partner was a serving police officer. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

Mona’s* daughter sent her emails which record the abuse she alleged she was suffering at the hands of her partner. The emails, submitted as evidence at the inquest into her death, had subject lines like “please don’t read – just keep” and “don’t delete ever”.

Her daughter, a former Northern Territory police officer who was dismissed from the force in tragic circumstances, was in a relationship with a serving cop.