Kumanjayi Walker’s family told cops where to find him
Kumanjayi Walker attacked police with an axe three days before he was fatally shot by cop Zach Rolfe. Now the details of that axe attack can be revealed for the first time.
Kumanjayi Walker attacked police with an axe three days before he was fatally shot by cop Zach Rolfe. Now the details of that axe attack can be revealed for the first time.
Senior police were strongly opposed to the decision to charge cop Zachary Rolfe with murder, in previously unseen documents revealed by The Australian.
Defiant cop Zachary Rolfe reveals for the first time what happened the night he shot Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker – and why he believes police lied about the case.
A child of privilege, Zachary Rolfe couldn’t wait to get into the heat of battle, first in the army and then in policing.
The Australian has the only interview with NT police officer Zachary Rolfe, who spoke with Kristin Shorten shortly after he was charged. WATCH THE VIDEO
The moment Constable Zachary Rolfe shot Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in the remote outback community of Yuendumu has been played to a jury in court in Darwin.
The High Court has narrowed the defences available to Zachary Rolfe at his murder trial over the death of Kumunjayi Walker.
Police officer Zachary Rolfe is facing two new criminal charges, just weeks out from his murder trial over an outback shooting.
Probe into Kumanjayi Walker’s death suspended because it was ‘inconsistent’ with the criminal case against NT cop.
Just weeks before NT cop Zachary Rolfe faces a murder trial over shooting an Indigenous man, his lawyers tell court they’ve been forced to subpoena documents from Coroner and police.
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