Former stockman jailed for fatal attack on partner in NT town’s CBD
A former stockman has been sentenced to prison over the fatal bashing of his partner and mother of his four children, Colleen Bradshaw, in a regional NT town.
Lindsay Kennedy, a 47-year-old former stockman, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for negligently causing the death of his partner Colleen Bradshaw during a brutal attack in the Katherine central business district of the Northern Territory. The incident occurred on July 11, 2024, after a night of heavy drinking, when Kennedy struck Ms Bradshaw, their mother of four children, multiple times.
CCTV footage showed Kennedy walking away from the victim twice before returning to kick her head and chest as she lay on the ground in pain. Although Ms Bradshaw survived the initial assault, she died five days later at Royal Darwin Hospital due to a catastrophic brain injury. Justice Peter Barr emphasized the cruel nature of Kennedy's actions, noting the strikes were delivered to a vulnerable part of the body against hard surfaces with no cushioning effect.
Despite Ms Bradshaw's complaints of severe headaches and dizziness, health staff at Katherine District Hospital misdiagnosed her condition and sent her to Darwin for treatment, resulting in her untimely death. Kennedy, who had a history of violent assaults and domestic violence order contraventions against Ms Bradshaw, was sentenced to 11 years with a non-parole period of five years and six months, starting from the date of his arrest on July 19, 2024.
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