Larrimah reflects on a feud, a death and an inquest that exposed the tiny outback town to the world

A coroner has concluded that Paddy Moriarty was killed after going missing from Larrimah, NT, in 2017. Photograph: Kylie Stevenson/The Guardian

There are more journalists outside the Katherine courthouse than there are residents in Larrimah, 180km down the highway.

It’s 36C and the tiny town is sweating under the heat of the media spotlight as the inquest into the death of Paddy Moriarty resumes after a hiatus of almost four years.