Olivana Smith Lathouris

6 days ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris

Dennis Naroldol, 58, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after stabbing his partner of 26 years outside Darwin’s DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel. The court heard Naroldol stabbed the 51-year-old woman through the heart following a drunken argument in 2023. Naroldol was remanded in custody and is due to return to court for sentencing submissions in August. A man who fatally stabbed his partner of 26 years outside a busy Darwin hotel in 2023 has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris

Amy* believed she knew her daughter better than anyone. As a toddler, she says Sophia* was strong-willed and clever — "a force to be reckoned with". "We told each other everything and we went through so much together," Amy says. So, when she noticed reappearing bruises on her daughter's face and body and Sophia said she had developed a blood disorder, Amy believed her. "She'd never lied to me before or hidden anything," she says.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris

A Legal Aid NT (LANT) board member who resigned over NT Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby making a "captain's pick" for the organisation's director position has spoken out. It comes after Ms Boothby appointed a new LANT director despite a selection panel finding that applicant was not the most qualified for the role, which triggered a series of resignations from the board.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris

The chair of Legal Aid NT (LANT) has resigned over a "captain's pick" appointment of the organisation's new director, who was deemed unfit for the role by an independent selection panel. Northern Territory Attorney-General Marie-Clare Boothby appointed South Australian barrister Catherine Voumard to take on the role earlier this month.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivana Smith Lathouris |Sam Parry

A teenager who allegedly robbed a bottle shop armed with a machete, after the rehabilitation program he was successfully completing was defunded, has been denied bail under strict new Northern Territory laws. The NT parliament passed the new bail laws last month in response to an unrelated case — the fatal stabbing of Darwin supermarket owner Linford Feick during a confrontation with an alleged thief.