Underbelly (disposable edition)
Posted by Ken Parish on Thursday, May 22, 2008
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ABC news story this afternoon:
Northern Territory Police believe a woman found dead at Mindil Beach last night may have been assaulted in the hours before her death.
Police received a report at 11pm that a woman was lying on the beach unconscious and bleeding from the mouth.
Police have charged a 41-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man with manslaughter.
Detective acting senior sergeant Isobel Cummins says there was fighting in the area yesterday afternoon.
“We’re trying to ascertain if she was possibly injured earlier in the evening and has been left at the scene for some time or perhaps wasn’t deceased at the time that the assault immediately occurred.
“The post mortem results are still to be conducted but at this time it seems she may have suffered some head injuries.”
The 5pm radio news story went on to reassure listeners that the crime scene tapes would be cleared away in time for this evening’s Mindil Markets. …
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That’s Darwin for you. Death and satays.
Posted on 22-May-08 at 8:22 pm | PermalinkSo when are we going to see “Undercover Ned: Darwin Vice”?
Posted on 22-May-08 at 9:22 pm | Permalinkrest in pizza
Posted on 22-May-08 at 9:26 pm | PermalinkWe really really need a show about the NT Police.
Posted on 23-May-08 at 4:34 pm | PermalinkNTPD Blue.
Posted on 23-May-08 at 6:34 pm | PermalinkActually, that’d be awesome. It’d be the 4th-generation Asian-Australian Triads, versus the Kalymnos Mafia, in a bloody turf war. The Caz Boyz could have a token appearance, where they get slaughtered in the cross-fire.
P.S. Philip Gwynne (Deadly Unna) is actually releasing a detective crime novel later this year, set in Darwin, called “The Build Up”.
Posted on 25-May-08 at 10:35 am | Permalink