When Declan Laverty was stabbed to death at his job at a Darwin bottle shop, he made headlines around the country. At a public memorial today, the community learned about who he was before his highly-publicised death.
Damian Crook, the devastated father of BWS worker Declan Laverty, 20, who died after being stabbed during a shift has claimed his son was spat on and called racist after refusing to serve people.
Declan Laverty was minutes away from finishing his shift at the Airport Tavern BWS drive-through bottle shop in Darwin just before 9pm on Sunday when he was allegedly stabbed.
Declan Laverty was minutes away from finishing his shift at the Airport Tavern BWS drive-through bottle shop in Darwin just before 9pm on Sunday when he refused to serve a 19-year-old.