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The family of an Aboriginal girl who died after she was sexually abused in a remote Northern Territory community has welcomed calls for an inquiry into Indigenous child sex abuse.

In March, three Indigenous women flew to Canberra in an attempt to draw attention to a horror story playing out in their communities. These were Alice Springs Deputy Mayor Jacinta Price; and Cheron and Meesha Long, cousins of 15-year-old Layla Leering, who died in 2017 after apparently being sexually assaulted in the Northern Territory. Layla’s death—along with that of two other girls, Fionica Yarranganlagi James and Keturah Cheralyn Mamarika—has been the subject of a coroner’s inquest,...

Coroner refers possible rapes and girls suspicious remote community death back to NT Police, DPP TueTuesday 15 updated TueTuesday 15 DecDecember 2020 at 9:42am Coroner Greg Cavanagh probed the deaths of six young people in Northern Territory communities earlier this year. ( Share Print text only Cancel The Northern Territory coroner has referred the death of a teenage girl and the possible assaults of two others before they died back to police and prosecutors, saying he believes offences may ha...

TRIGGER WARNING:This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers Multiple criminal offences may have been committed in relation to the suspected suicides of three teenage girls in Top End remote communities, the Northern Territory Coroner has said in an inquest report released on Tuesday. The inquest examined the circumstances of the deaths of three teenage girls who died in 2016 and 2017: Keturah Mamarika aged 16 in Groote Eylandt; Layla Leering aged 15 in Bulla; and Fionica...