Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised this story features the image of a man who has died. The Northern Territory's director of public prosecutions has filed an appeal over the sentence of a driver who killed a pedestrian in a hit-and-run in Darwin. The DPP says the 12-month community corrections sentence is manifestly inadequate. 24-year-old Jake Danby avoided jail time after hitting two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car last June, fleeing the scene, then boasting about it to friends. One of the victims, referred to as Mr Whitehurst for cultural reasons, died in hospital from his injuries.
