Woman charged with assaulting NT chief minister insists 'no harm intended'
A woman charged with the alleged assault of Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has insisted there was "no harm intended".
Fyles was at Nightcliff Markets in Darwin yesterday when a member of the public allegedly pushed a cream-covered crepe into her face.
This morning 56-year-old estate agent Suzi Milgate was charged with aggravated assault.
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Suzi Milgate is charged with the alleged assault of Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles. 9News
"There was no harm intended, and it was actually a fresh cream pie," she said today, outside her office, in relation to the alleged attack.
Fyles, sporting a faint mark under her left eye, does not agree.
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Fyles seen with a slight mark under her left eye after the alleged attack, with a cream covered crepe. 9News
"To whack someone in the face like that, I'm going to call it what it is... it is unacceptable," the NT chief minister said today.
The accused was bailed to face a Darwin court on October 10.
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