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Sentence extended but no jail for NT hit-and-run driver Jake Danby who called victims ‘oxygen thieves’

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Sentence extended but no jail for NT hit-and-run driver Jake Danby who called victims ‘oxygen thieves’
Jake Danby’s sentence for hitting two Aboriginal men with his car, killing one, was extended from five months to two years in home detentionGet our
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Jake Danby’s sentence for hitting two Aboriginal men with his car, killing one, was extended from five months to two years in home detention

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The family of an Aboriginal man fatally run down before the driver bragged about his death are angry and heartbroken after their brother’s killer has again avoided jail on appeal.

In June 2024, Jake Danby hit two Aboriginal men with his car on a Darwin street, killing one and injuring the other.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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