Parole worker arrested in hotel bed with fugitive killer pleads guilty

The court heard the 19-year-old parolee removed his ankle monitor before he "cut and run" with the help of parole worker Samantha Alampi. (Supplied)

A 37-year-old legal aid worker who was arrested while sharing a bed with a convicted killer in an Alice Springs hotel room two years ago has pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A statement of agreed facts tendered in court shows Samantha Alampi exchanged text messages with the then 19-year-old, telling him she loved him and expressing concern that she cared "about our relationship more than you do".

Alampi will return to the Northern Territory Supreme Court for sentencing later this month.

A former Northern Territory legal aid staffer who was busted asleep in bed with a convicted killer after helping him flee his parole in Alice Springs has pleaded guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Samantha Alampi, 37, faced the NT Supreme Court yesterday, where she formally admitted to helping the then 19-year-old evade authorities after he removed his ankle monitor in November 2024.

NT police officers spent four days looking for the teenager after he breached his parole in November 2024. (ABC News: Peter Garnish)

The man, who was convicted of manslaughter as a youth three years earlier — and cannot be named for legal reasons — had been out on parole and living at a hostel in Alice Springs for four months when he absconded.

The court heard Alampi, then 36, was working as a throughcare coordinator at the time, and was assisting the man with his parole bid before continuing to support him on his release until he removed the ankle bracelet on November 6.

A statement of agreed facts tendered in court revealed his parole officer contacted Alampi the following day, telling her the man had "cut and run" and asking if she knew where he was.

"I do know why, I don't know where and I don't know with who," she replied.

During a separate conversation that afternoon, Alampi told the parole officer: "I can't believe what's happened".

Alampi said she had met the parolee the night before at the Braitling Oval, where he was "upset" and had been "thinking about self-harm", but had not said anything because "to share that information might compromise my relationship with him".

The court heard Samantha Alampi checked in to two different hotels in Alice Springs while helping the man evade capture. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

At 11:22pm that night, Alampi was captured on CCTV footage escorting the man into a room she had reserved in her name at the Diplomat Hotel on Gregory Terrace.

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