Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on the fatal stabbing of a shopkeeper in Darwin

An elderly man was recently the victim of a fatal stabbing in Darwin - prompting outrage and concern from residents.

Northern Territory Police have arrested the 18-year-old suspect over the death of  Linford Feick, 71, who ran the Friendly Grocer store in Nightcliff in the region's north.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the 18-year-old had only just been granted bail for sexual assault charges - and shouldn't have been out.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
International correspondence with ends in eye insurance, peace of mind
for New Zealand business. But for the average human it
was still six minutes faster than what I did a
half marathon, and Murray Old's Australias correspondent with me, now Hammers.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Good mate, how are you going?

Speaker 3 (00:16):
I'm very well, actually going two minutes? Hold on, two
hours forties? Really slow, isn't it? Oh no, I didn't
one six Now I beat the robots.

Speaker 2 (00:25):
I mean, look a marathon, the marathon world records just
over two hours, and you know a good runner will
do a half marathon in half that time, So it's
a bit slow.

Speaker 3 (00:34):
Yeah, So how fast is your fastest half marathon?

Speaker 2 (00:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (00:38):
Right, now, you don't waste your time to just jacking.
Don't waste your time with nonsense like that. That's a
young person's game and we're both too old for it. Now.
This chap David Spear is what's he got for the
coke use?

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Well, nine thousand dollars fine and almost forty hours of
community work, which is kind of a bit weird, but
there we are. He was sentenced for supplying cocaine to
two young fellows. Gave them drug that is home twice
last year. Now the court was previously told Spiers used cocaine.
I mean he's the ex Liberal leader of South Australia.
He was the opposition leader up against Peter Melanowskis, who

(01:11):
was one of the most popular political leaders in the
entire country of Australia. No wonder he turned to the
oblivion marching powder to keep himself up. He was using
coke to help him cope with the stress of political life.
But he was caught on camera snorting a white substance
and he quit his Liberal leader at the end of
twenty twenty two, so his fall from grace complete.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Now with the sentencing, ls, what's happened here in Ellie
Springs with the shopkeeper.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
It's up in Darwin actually, and the young fellow was
actually he came from Alice Springs. I put aunt crook there.
I gave him the wrong steer. This happened in Darwin
yesterday afternoon. A seventy one year old grosser, very well
known figure, married for over fifty years to the same woman,
big family man. He stabbed to death. This young man

(02:00):
was in the shop. He's gone. The shopkeepers gone up
to and said listen, put that stuff back on the shelves.
I've seen you stuffing the things into your jacket and
your bag. The young guy's pulled out a knife and
stabbed him to death. Now it's emerged the team was
out on bail on very serious sex assault charges. He
should not have been anywhere near Alice Springs either. He'd

(02:21):
been ordered to stay in a remote community. But he's
made his way to Darwin, out on bail and he
stabbed this fellow to death. That's the allegation anyway, And
he'll be in court. I think he's in court today.

Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yeah, that's rough. And so I see that.

Speaker 1 (02:34):
I mean, right now Sky is holding a press conference,
is broadcasting a press conference with the Northern Territory Parliament
apparently looking like they're going to strengthen the bail laws
as a result.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah you go, Well, look, it's a heck of a problem.
The solution it's not an easy one. I mean, where
the heck do you go? It really is a massive
problem with young teenage and the main teenage crime I
mean either that are very young adults. You know what
I mean. It's just a big, big proplem A body
using answer what's happened?

Speaker 3 (03:02):
Also with this white supremacist and the punching here.

Speaker 2 (03:05):
He got his come up and from a woman. I
haven't got an age on her, but she looks to
be at least in her seventies and possibly in her eighties.
She looks about fifty kilograms in weight and about four
foot nothing. And this buffhead has gone into It's a
political meeting. It was organized by would you believe, the
Friends of the ABC and Manique Ryan, the t MP,

(03:26):
the member, the federal member for Couyong. She was there
as well, in this suburban library with this audience, as
I say, of ABC friends, they're having a political discussion
about the upcoming election. And this buffhead, this a well
known right extreme right winger in Melbourne. He's walked into
the library with a cameraman and tow yelling about immigration

(03:48):
and crime. Right. He's walked in and disrupted the meeting.
He did not count on this older woman jumping up
and going over and trying to smack him in the face.
I mean, she didn't come up to his shoulders and
she's taken this swing and he's obviously back the way.
He's backed out of the library. He's still yelling about
so called liberal democracy and how bad it is police recall,

(04:09):
but the troublemakers had buggered off at the time the
police arrived, and this I think the I think Manick
Ryan looked more upset than the older lady who had
taken the swing. I think she looks very very well
capable of looking after herself somehow.

Speaker 3 (04:23):
Marz, thank you, really appreciate talking to you. We'll chat
to you again next week. That's Murray Olds are Australia correspondent.
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