NT chief justice responds to 'outrage' over court's youth bail decision

NT's top judge responds after Finocchiaro blasts judge's 'logic-defying' bail decision

The Northern Territory’s Chief Justice has responded after Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro launched an extraordinary attack on a judge for granting bail to a teenager who escaped while attending his grandfather’s funeral.

NT chief justice responds to 'outrage' over court's youth bail decision

In an extraordinary public statement, Chief Justice Michael Grant said a teenage boy the NT chief minister accused of having "beat a two-month-old baby" was not in fact alleged to have harmed the child.

Chief Justice defends granting of bail to alleged violent teen who absconded last week

Chief Justice Michael Grant has issued a rare public statement in the wake of public outrage over a young offender being granted bail to fly to Lajamanu on a taxpayer-funded chartered plane for a funeral that he later absconded from, telling the public their criticism of the situation is misguided and that they fail to understand "the circumstances of compassionate bail", while also criticising the current legislation.