Jake Fenner sentenced to three years in prison over father's death in Darwin

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Jake Fenner, 32, has been sentenced to three years in prison, suspended after nine months, for causing the death of his father in a violent altercation at their Darwin home in 2023. The altercation, which involved improvised weapons, resulted in William Fenner drowning in the family pool. The court considered Jake Fenner's history of abuse and neglect, but also the severity of the attack, in delivering the sentence.

After spending more than two years remanded in custody, a Darwin man will serve a further nine months in prison for causing the death of his father in 2023.