Hit and run motorists, pedestrians and the justice system
"Sentence extended but no jail for NT hit-and-run driver Jake Danby who called victims ‘oxygen thieves’. In June 2024, Jake Danby hit two Aboriginal men with his car on a Darwin street, killing one and injuring the other."
The "driver had bragged in text messages that the man he killed was an “oxygen thief” and he would not go to jail. He called it a “two for one combo” and texted it was “pretty funny watching them roll around on the road after going over my bonnet”.
"He was handed a 12-month community corrections order, with five months in home detention." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/21/nt-hit-and-run-driver-jake-danby-sentencing-extended-no-jail-ntwnfb
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