The Northern Territory government will review its bail laws and police powers after a young liquor store worker was stabbed to death.
Declan Laverty, 20, was fatally stabbed while working at a Darwin liquor store in the suburb of Jingili at about 9pm on Sunday evening, NT police said.
Keith Kerinauia, 19, was arrested and faced a Darwin court on Tuesday charged with murder, aggravated robbery and breach of bail.
He was not required to enter a plea and was remanded in custody.
The chief minister, Natasha Fyles, offered condolences to the family and friends of Laverty on Wednesday, calling the death an “absolute tragedy”.
“It has been an extremely difficult few days for our community,” Fyles said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“It is an absolute tragedy in our community and it must not happen again.”
The NT government announced a suite of measures on Wednesday in response to Laverty’s death, including reviewing bail laws for offences involving a weapon, reviewing penalties for carrying weapons in public and reviewing police powers for public safety.
The NT government said it would ramp up police patrols at known hotspots for antisocial behaviour and fund security and crowd controllers at takeaway liquor…
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