Hit-run driver Jake Danby spared jail time by NT Supreme Court after describing victim as an 'oxygen thief'
Hit-run driver Jake Danby spared jail time by NT Supreme Court after describing victim as an 'oxygen thief'
Hit-run driver's 'disgusting' messages aired in court
One man died and another was injured after Jake Danby struck them with his car outside a Darwin shopping centre in 2024, with the driver then sending a series of "disgusting" text messages about the v...
A 24-year-old man who hit two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car and sped away, later bragging to his friends he'd run down an "oxygen thief", has been spared actual jail time
The court heard Danby sent a series of "disgusting" text messages to his friends in the hours after the crash, in which he labelled the crash victims as "dogs" and "n***ers".
No jail ? Lucky he didn't run Charke Kirk down I guess.
#EDIT: an update for those interested#
The family of an Aboriginal man run down and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Darwin last year have voiced their "disgust and dismay" at the lack of a prison sentence for the offender.