A MAN has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman, saying he was asleep when he had sex with her.

Crown prosecutor Mark Thomas told the jury Mr Pobar had gone to the victim’s Katherine house with her partner, his wife and another friend to continue drinking after an evening out at the Katherine Golf Club in January last year. Mr Thomas said the defence case would not deny that Mr Pobar had sex with the victim without her consent, but would say he had not done it “voluntarily” and was possibly asleep when he did.

First of all my compliments to the bloke. After a long drinking session and he is still on to it? Plus he must have had a real good sleep as he did not wake up from all the movement.

What a load of crap, He raped a female and should be punished accordingly.

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His legal aid lawyer Matthew Hubber said his client had been on drugs all day at Litchfield National Park and was asleep in the passenger seat when his friend drove Spratt’s troop carrier into the BP service station at Adelaide River in September last year, the Northern Territory News reports.

The attendant called the police, who arrived and asked the couple to stop.

They did not, and Spratt  was not arrested until 27 minutes later.

The court was told that the two police officers had waited beside the vehicle for Spratt and his friend to “compose themselves”.

Compose? Is that what they call it now? I was called something about finishing a job in my days (if you get my drift).

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HE struggling aid effort in Haiti was hit by another setback today as the UN halted deliveries to some 10,000 quake survivors after discovering that fake coupons were in operation.

An agitated crowd of around 100 people continued to wait well into the afternoon at the drop-off site close to the town hall in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Petionville as others clamored to get tickets valid for today.

“We need food!” one old lady shouted at a guard charged with manning the steel bars blocking the entrance to the town hall offices.

Others simply pointed to their mouths and stomachs.

UN World Food Program spokesman David Orr said the suspension would affect around 10,000 survivors of the massive January 12 earthquake that killed over 212,000 people and left an estimated one million people homeless.

Nothing seems sacred anymore. Always some low live mongrels try to make an extra buck out of the misery of others.

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We might just continue for a bit more

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THE independent politician who holds the balance of power in the Territory Parliament has decided to stop a full-size prison being built on the outskirts of Darwin.

Gerry Wood said he would only support the building of a 600-inmate jail.

The NT Government has earmarked a site at Noonamah for a $300 million, 800-inmate prison with room to expand.

Only for 600, oh come on now Gerry, you got your figures all wrong. It would only take a week to fill it. With 800 at least they have 10 days.

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POLICE have arrested a man who was alleged carrying a sawn-off shotgun and two knives at a Darwin shopping centre.

Police said the 44-year-old man was acting suspiciously near the Rapid Creek Shopping Centre last night.

Police searched the man and allegedly found a sawn-off shotgun, two knives, money and drugs.

Suspicious? How come, he was just trying to take self protection to another level.

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TERRITORIANS are being asked to give up 130 cans of beer a year as part of the Government’s 2030 plan.

The Territory 2030 strategic plan set the Government the target of convincing Territorians to consume the national average amount of alcohol.

The first stage required a drop of 15 per cent by 2014.

Territorians are the hardest drinkers in the country – consuming 15 litres of pure alcohol each year.

This is the equivalent of 857 cans of beer – or 35 cases – each year.

To meet this 15 per cent target, each Territorian would have to give up 129 beers a year by 2014.

Territorians do drink the national average! You have to remember that the NT has a population of 35 million people!

But for real, look at that plan, think about it. Give up 129 coldies a year? I am sure they would do that, just because the Government tells them too. And they would give up a lot more when told like eating food, breathing, stealing and assaulting.

Excuse me a moment, I need to close my windows, Pigs are flying around and one might fly in her…

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A MAN has been charged after being caught driving more than six times over the legal limit in Sydney’s west, police say. The 28-year-old allegedly blew 0.326 after being stopped at Toongabbie about 4pm (AEDT) yesterday.

Police will allege it is the third time in five years the South Wentworthville man has been charged with drink driving.

And may I ask why he was still allowed after the first time? And after the second time? Do we need to wait until he kills someone to take his license away?

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POLICE let a woman drive home moments after she was booked for medium-range drink-driving, a court has heard.

Leesa Anne Thorson, 39, pleaded guilty to driving with a blood-alcohol concentration of .081 per cent in Darwin Magistrates Court this week.

The court heard she was on her way home from the casino on December 20 last year when she was stopped at a random breath-testing station.

Thorson’s lawyer Peter Maley told the court she returned a positive reading but police allowed her to drive home.

“Her reading was going down (after the test),” Mr Maley said. “They let her drive home.”

How is this possible you ask? Easy it was only medium range…. and that is so normal that even cops ignore it.

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