Labor MP Marion Scrymgour says she believes the female victim - whose attacker was trying to pour petrol on her - would now be dead if she hadn’t personally called the police commissioner to insist his officers take urgent action.
Ms Scrymgour told Sky News Australia she believes the female victim - whose attacker was trying to pour petrol on her - would now be dead if she hadn’t personally called the police commissioner to insist his officers take urgent action.
“That woman would have been murdered that night if it hadn’t been for that intervention because the man was trying to pour petrol on her. “It was a horrific assault and that was 24 hours before Declan Laverty was stabbed, terribly stabbed, at the same pub.”There has been ongoing debate in the Northern Territory about whether there are enough police to deal with rising rates of serious crime.
“We have increased the police budget by $120 million – and have given police more tools and resources than ever before to help with the tough job they have, this includes more officers than ever before.“The attrition rate is closely monitored to inform recruitment and training planning to ensure recruitment meets and exceeds separation.
Labor MP Marion Scrymgour claims police failed to respond to five calls about a serious domestic violence incident near the Darwin Airport Tavern bottle-shop the night before Declan Laverty was fatally stabbed at the same location. Picture: Amanda Parkinson "We now know that [allegation] was false ... there's an assertion ... they might have meant to refer to the Australian Federal Police," Mr Chalker’s lawyer, Arthur Moses SC was quoted as saying.
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