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NT attorney general criticised after confirming family link to hit-and-run driver


Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrian

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The Northern Territory’s attorney general, Marie-Clare Boothby, has faced criticism after confirming she is related to a man who was spared prison last week over a hit-and-run car crash that killed an Aboriginal man.

Jack Danby, 24, was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order in relation to the crash in June 2024. Danby hit two Aboriginal pedestrians, killing one, and fled the scene.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/21/northern-territory-attorney-general-confirms-hit-run-driver-family-link

Author : Ben Smee

Publish date : 2025-09-21 01:37:00

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