The father of the 20-year-old man allegedly stabbed to death at a Darwin bottle shop has pushed the government to act on crime, adding that people in the Northern Territory are ' very scared' of going to work.
allegedly stabbed to death on March 19 at the Darwin Airport Tavern bottle shopA 19-year-old man, who was on bail at the time for an alleged aggravated assault with a bladed weapon, was charged with murder and one count of aggravated robbery.
Declan Laverty, 20, was allegedly stabbed to death on March 19 at the Darwin Airport Tavern bottle shop on Sunday night after refusing to serve a teen. Picture: Supplied “Honestly, I’m not a political person and neither was Declan but at the end of the day, something has to be done,” he said on Tuesday.
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