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Katie spoke with NT Senior Sergeant Paul Kirkby, who had a thank you for the people who helped catch an alleged DV offender · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: I'm joined on the line right now by Northern Territory
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  Speaker 1: Senior sergeant with the Northern Territory Police, Paul Kirkby.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Paul.
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  Speaker 3: Good morning Katie.
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  Speaker 2: Paul.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, I
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  Speaker 1: know that earlier in the week we had a terrible situation.
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  Speaker 1: Forty one year old's been charged following an aggravated assault
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  Speaker 1: in Winelli.
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  Speaker 2: What day was that one? What day did that happen?
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  Speaker 3: That was this Monday? Just gone? Yeahday the sixteenth.
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  Speaker 1: So Monday the sixteenth. I know that there is certainly
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  Speaker 1: some detail that you can't give to us, But what
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  Speaker 1: can you tell us at this point?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I've probably got to add the word allegedly, but yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you can add those ones. So there was a just
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  Speaker 3: at one of the surveys, one of the local surveys.
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  Speaker 3: There were some people in purchasing but some pieces. An
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  Speaker 3: argument has developed and then a male has for some
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  Speaker 3: reason picked up a stick and started stabbing a at
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  Speaker 3: the location. Normally police would say don't become involved, look
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  Speaker 3: after yourself, call Triple one and led us to it.
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  Speaker 3: That would be something like if someone's stealing money, if
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  Speaker 3: someone's stealing property, just let us do it. Don't put
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  Speaker 3: yourself in harm's way. This time the female could have died.
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  Speaker 3: It was quite she was stabbed numerous times with a
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  Speaker 3: large stick. So normally we would say don't get involved,
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  Speaker 3: but here today to say thank you to the people
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  Speaker 3: who did get involved. They did put themselves in danger,
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  Speaker 3: but it's one of those things where it was probably well.
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  Speaker 3: It was a situation where they had to do it,
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  Speaker 3: and they did it, and they did it well. The
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  Speaker 3: person was in the act of stabbing the female and
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  Speaker 3: he's been pushed and restrained by a number of people,
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  Speaker 3: a couple of people who working there and just someone
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  Speaker 3: who was filling up at the time. So the empty
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  Speaker 3: police would just like to thank those people again. Don't
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  Speaker 3: put yourself in danger. You know you're going to have to, Paul.
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  Speaker 1: That is unbelievable, and as you said, we've said it
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  Speaker 1: right from the get go. It's alleged this person's now
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  Speaker 1: been charged though with aggravated assault and recklessly endangering serious
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  Speaker 1: harm aggravated. It must have been incredibly frightening for those
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  Speaker 1: bystanders who, by the sounds of it, have acted really quickly.
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  Speaker 1: And like you said, you know, you always encourage people
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  Speaker 1: not to get involved. But in this case, had they not,
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  Speaker 1: who knows what the outcome would.
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  Speaker 3: Have been, well exactly. And like I've just watched the CCTV,
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  Speaker 3: I wasn't there at the time, and you know, you
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  Speaker 3: can say and I say, leave it to the police.
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  Speaker 3: But sometimes we may be on the other side of town.
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  Speaker 3: We may take five minutes to get there, and we
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  Speaker 3: may take ten. And I know people get annoyed sometimes
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  Speaker 3: at the you know how long it does take to
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  Speaker 3: get somewhere. They had to act, and they did. You know,
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  Speaker 3: I've seen CCTV before where people just stand and look,
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  Speaker 3: there was no hesitation. This time, they just got involved.
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  Speaker 3: They dealt with it, and they actually restrained the person
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  Speaker 3: for quite some time. And so kudos to them.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I mean a big thank you by the sounds
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  Speaker 1: of it, from everybody involved in this situation, to those
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  Speaker 1: people who who really put themselves in danger to try
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  Speaker 1: their best to help this woman.
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  Speaker 3: That's great. You know, we often talk about or non police,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like what can I do to defend myself?
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  Speaker 3: And you know, like what's too much? You know, what's
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  Speaker 3: too much force? And basically in this case, they use
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  Speaker 3: just the right amount of force. You think someone stabbing
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  Speaker 3: a lady in the upper torso with a stick. What
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  Speaker 3: would you do. They did just the right amount. They
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  Speaker 3: restrained them, They held them there, They detained them until
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  Speaker 3: we got there. They didn't go overboard, they didn't get silly,
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  Speaker 3: and so again, you know, thank you to them. They
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  Speaker 3: did a great job. Was pretty awful to watch. It was,
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  Speaker 3: and I imagine for them, like I'm looking and it's like,
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  Speaker 3: oh my my goodness, you know, like they're just out
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  Speaker 3: of nowhere. Imagine that happening just in front of you.
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  Speaker 3: They went stunned. There was no you know, we talked
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  Speaker 3: about fight or flight. Yeah, well freeze. There was no freeze.
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  Speaker 3: There was no flight. They obviously it wasn't fight, but
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  Speaker 3: they got stuck in and they did what they had
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  Speaker 3: to do.
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  Speaker 1: So unbelievable, you know, well done to those people. Was
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  Speaker 1: it three people, did you say, Paul?
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  Speaker 3: Three people? So, three chaps too who worked at the premise,
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  Speaker 3: and one who just happened to be there. It was
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  Speaker 3: three o'clock in the afternoon. You don't really, well, you
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  Speaker 3: would never expect to see that kind of thing, someone
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  Speaker 3: repeatedly stabbing someone just reading in front of me. The
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  Speaker 3: attending officer has described it as frenzied. Looking at the CCTV,
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  Speaker 3: it was. It was frenzied. Yep, no flight, no fight,
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  Speaker 3: no freeze, just strength into it and they did what
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  Speaker 3: they had to do.
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  Speaker 1: Oh you must, I mean you must be incredibly grateful.
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  Speaker 1: I know, all the police must, everybody in the community
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  Speaker 1: should be incredibly grateful that we've got three blokes like
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  Speaker 1: this prepared to put themselves in danger to try and
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  Speaker 1: save that woman. And and well done to them on
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  Speaker 1: on doing that. It would have been bloody scary.
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  Speaker 3: Well imagine it would have to be honest. They probably
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  Speaker 3: didn't have the time to to get scared, you know,
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  Speaker 3: it just happened that quickly. But you know, again we
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  Speaker 3: tell people don't get involved, look after yourself, but certain
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  Speaker 3: times you can't. They couldn't, and they didn't. They got straight.
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  Speaker 1: And so yeah, well thank you for coming on this
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  Speaker 1: morning as well. I think that it is. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 1: so important that these that these three blokes. I hope
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  Speaker 1: that they're listening this morning, and I hope that they've
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  Speaker 1: heard this because I think that it goes without saying
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  Speaker 1: that the whole community is grateful for what they've done.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that that's you know, we talk about you know,
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  Speaker 3: saving one life at the time type thing, and you
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  Speaker 3: know how you do well well, I hope they realized
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  Speaker 3: that the possibility is great that they saved a life
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  Speaker 3: on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: Paul, thank you so much for speaking with us this morning.
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  Speaker 1: A big thanks for letting us know exactly what's going
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  Speaker 1: on here and making those men aware of just how
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  Speaker 1: important it is that they save potentially saved this woman's life.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you, You're welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks so much, and hope you have a good weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: That is the Northern Territory Senior sergeant there, Paul Kirkby,
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  Speaker 1: unbelievable stuff. And I tell you what, if those three
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  Speaker 1: blokes are listening, well done to you on what you've done.