NT police officer back on active duty after charge related to partner’s death dropped

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A Northern Territory police officer who faced criminal charges after an inquest found his partner died amid a history of family violence" has returned to work after the case against him was dropped.

A coroner found the officer's partner, who was herself a former police officer in her late 30s, died in 2020 after 17 complaints were made to NT police about violence and domestic disturbances" in the five years before her death.

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