The #NT coroner has said there was no evidence of a grandfather intentionally spitting on guards as he drooled and convulsed in a Darwin prison cell. Despite this the 56-year-old was put in a #spithood shortly after his seizure. #AusPol @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/c2QmCQ24SE

An epileptic grandfather was handcuffed, put in a #spithood, stripped naked and left alone in a cell, rather than being provided medical care following a seizure in a #Darwin prison cell. @TheNTNews #AusPol #DeathInCustody 👉 https://t.co/s9Qfqlwbqd

Prosecutors will now assess if two #NT cops should be charged over the death in custody of 24-year-old disabled Aboriginal man Kumanjayi White, who passed away 70 minutes after being restrained on the ground in the #AliceSprings Coles. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/xO35cL6kJP

Aus's largest #Aboriginal arts fair warned the #NT Chief Minister against using their event as a political prop following controversial #YouthJustice laws. "It's their babies that are being incarcerated" @DarwinArtFair @TheNTNews https://t.co/UovWPY7uQL

Aussie reality television star #OutbackWrangler Matt Wright allegedly had a pattern of cooking the books for his helicopters prior to his mate’s fatal crash, his jury heard. Read the day one trial coverage @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/voDHq0CN8p

Legal experts have warned that public attacks on the #NT coroner are a “profound violation” of judicial independence and the separation of powers, as the CLP continues to clash with the courts. @NTBarAssoc #AusPol @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/JmAssfaa1v

The trial of #NT reality television star Matt Wright is set to begin after he formally pleaded not guilty. 25 witnesses are expected to be called over 4 weeks due to allegations the #OutbackWrangler attempted to pervert the course of justice. @TheNTNews👉 https://t.co/gykzFdZDEi

@TheNTNews Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said she would remove discretionary police powers to divert young people from the courts for 13 'prescribed offences'. NT Children’s Court Lodgements suggest that up to 66% of all charges against kids fall in these offence categories.

Two thirds of charges against at-risk #NT kids could strip them of the opportunity to take part in critical diversion programs under controversial changes to the #YouthJustice Act. #AusPol @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/WGvPpnXzXP

An ex-AFL player who set up the internationally acclaimed ‘social enterprise’ fashion company House of Darwin has been placed under an interim #DomesticViolence order. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/ifE1z5lrr9

A former #NT @CDUni lecturer has been arrested in India after allegedly scamming a woman out of $650,000 and then faking his death in an elaborate international romance scam. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/eh04sRNJ0S

The #NT Government allegedly tried to bury allegations of persistent sexual harassment by a former Supreme Court judge, who reportedly asked his young associate to ‘share a bed’ with him. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/0VJPztOEgr

Aboriginal Territorians are the most incarcerated people on the planet, with 3% of the #NT's total Indigenous population starting the week in a prison cell. @TheNTNews #AusPol 👉 https://t.co/eJW5zrBJee

A woman who was found with critical head injuries was allegedly the victim of multiple assaults and #DomesticViolence order breaches in the month before her partner’s arrest. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/rtMQEotYV3

A woman who alleges a #NT cop inserted “one or more fingers” into her vagina during an illegal search is fighting to avoid the trauma of another civil trial, following a Supreme Court appeal. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/74MwIDtrPX

@TheNTNews . @Crim_Lawyers_NT said the system was “entirely overwhelmed” as in-custody lists exceed 40 people a day. Beth Wild said there was “insufficient” time to appropriately address matters, and hearings involving vulnerable witnesses were being delayed. https://t.co/arWVTkX2UL

Experts warn victims, defendants and witnesses are ‘falling through the cracks’ of an overwhelmed court system due to unprecedented rates of in-custody cases in Darwin. In just 7 months there's been a 250% increase in the number of Territorians appearing from a cell. @TheNTNews

An anti-vaxxer #NT cop who jumped the border with her hubby and lied to her bosses has been slapped with a $15,000 fine by the courts. With @gera_kazakov @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/KsbjjwF8Q1

The #NT disability minister has claimed it was not his “responsibility” to ask questions after Kumanjayi White - a vulnerable young man under a guardianship order - died in police custody. @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/wiZm8naTc6

The #NT's ambulance service contract will be up for grabs for the first time in over half a century after St Johns was banned from performing two ‘life saving’ high risk procedures. @Lottiehood_ @TheNTNews 👉 https://t.co/DgTHiaY078