The Latest Breaking News from Darwin Local Court

Suspected bikie captured days after escaping custody

Police have arrested a man who made a break for freedom while being escorted to an ambulance in the latest thwarted escape by alleged bikies.

AAP · Jul 9

Bail laws crack down halts court as arrests explode

Police have made 31 arrests in 24 hours after major changes to bail laws, causing courts to grind to a stop, leaving authorities scrambling for solutions.

AAP · Jan 7, 2025

Matt Wright co-accused convicted for destroying phone

Michael Burbidge has been fined for destroying a phone after the chopper crash that killed Chris Wilson, who appeared with him on the Outback Wrangler series.

AAP · Mar 8, 2024

Celebrity crocodile wrangler, former police officer, helicopter pilot face court over fatal crash

Prosecutors in the case against Matt Wright will make an application to vary his bail conditions by "three words" on Friday, the Darwin Local Court hears as his case is mentioned alongside a pilot and a former police officer also charged in relation a 2022 helicopter crash.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023

Men arrested by Northern Territory Police at gunpoint outside Coolalinga Hungry Jack's charged over alleged crime spree

Northern Territory police allege one of the men had breached parole and threatened residents at a home with a crossbow and shotgun before the dramatic arrest in Coolalinga.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

Charges over diners hurt by gas 'fireball'

NT Worksafe has charged the operators of a Darwin restaurant with work health and safety breaches over a "fireball" incident which injured five patrons.

AAP · Dec 22, 2022

Four Indonesian men found fishing for sharks in Australian waters fined almost $20,000 in Darwin local court

A court has been told four men were charged after being seen in waters off the West Australian Kimberley coast just six days after Australian navy crew members had previously asked them to leave.

ABC News · Nov 28, 2022

Patient at Royal Darwin Hospital allegedly sexually assaulted by man pretending to be clinical staff

A man in his 30s is accused of sexually assaulting the Darwin hospital patient after allegedly pretending to be a member of clinical staff.

ABC News · Sep 20, 2022

Fifth charged over NT girl's abduction

Police have charged a fifth person with abducting a five-year-old girl who went missing in the Northern Territory for almost a fortnight.

AAP · Aug 26, 2022

Darwin mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann's lawyer withdraws services in alleged 'hot water' prison assault case

Mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann may be unrepresented in an upcoming court case over an alleged prison assault, after his lawyer withdrew due to ongoing funding issues.

ABC News · Jul 26, 2022