Aporia · Man who stabbed wife to death has four-year sentence doubled on appeal

A man named Dennis Naroldol, 60, had his prison sentence for killing his wife by stabbing her outside a hotel in Darwin in 2023 increased from four to eight years on appeal. The sentence was challenged by Northern Territory prosecutors as being "manifestly inadequate". As a result of the increase, Naroldol will now be eligible for early release in late 2027, two years later than initially planned. His original prison term had been set at four years, with parole eligibility starting in April this year.

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Dennis Naroldol, a 60-year-old man, was initially sentenced to four years in prison for stabbing his wife to death outside the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on the Darwin esplanade in 2023. However, prosecutors appealed this sentence, calling it "manifestly inadequate", and the NT Court of Criminal Appeal agreed, doubling Naroldol's jail term to eight years. This means that instead of being eligible for parole in April, Naroldol will now be able to apply for early release in late 2027.

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Man who stabbed wife to death outside Darwin hotel has sentence doubled on appeal In short: Dennis Naroldol's four-year prison sentence for the stabbing death of his wife outside the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on the Darwin esplanade in 2023 has been extended on appeal.

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🔮 Naroldol will now be able to apply for early release in late 2027 after the NT Court of Criminal Appeal doubled his jail term to eight years.

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Man who stabbed wife to death has four-year sentence doubled on appeal · assertive framing

Man who stabbed wife to death outside Darwin hotel has sentence doubled on appeal In short: Dennis Naroldol's four-year prison sentence for the stabbing death of his wife outside the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on the Darwin esplanade in 2023 has been extended on appeal. asserted

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Naroldol, 60, became eligible for parole in April after pleading guilty to negligent manslaughter but was yet to be released when Northern Territory prosecutors challenged the sentence as "manifestly inadequate". asserted

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Naroldol will now be able to apply for early release in late 2027 after the NT Court of Criminal Appeal doubled his jail term to eight years. asserted

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Man who stabbed wife to death has four-year sentence doubled on appeal

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