‘Flawed’ prosecution a cook-up: Rolfe lawyer
Defence lawyers claim the prosecution case is based on ‘armchair experts’ assembled by police bosses.
Yuendumu
Rolfe ‘lied to justify an unjustifiable’ fatal shooting
Zachary Rolfe ‘lied to justify the unjustifiable’ fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, according to a crown prosecutor summing up the murder case against the young Northern Territory policeman.
Cop denies lie ‘to justify gung-ho shooting’
Zachary Rolfe has denied inventing false justifications for killing Kumanjayi Walker and setting out with a ‘clear plan’ to shoot him if he produced a weapon.
‘I shot Walker to save my partner’s life’: Rolfe
Zachary Rolfe shot Kumanjayi Walker three times because he feared his partner could be killed, his murder trial has heard.
Walker violence ‘swept under rug’
Zachary Rolfe speaks publicly for the first time about events leading to the shooting of Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker.
Rolfe put himself at risk: expert
Two police officers put themselves in danger by rushing into a dimly-lit house to confront a high risk offender, court told.
Teenager a ‘low threat when cop fired fatal shot’
Kumanjayi Walker was ‘likely a low threat’ to Northern Territory policemen Zachary Rolfe and Adam Eberl at the time he was fatally shot, a jury has been told.
Forensic tests back scissors cut to Rolfe
A pair of scissors found near where Kumanjayi Walker was shot could have caused cuts and tears to three areas of the police uniforms worn by Zachary Rolfe and his two colleagues.
Walker ‘kept resisting after third shot’
Kumanjayi Walker continued to resist arrest after Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times, a court has been told.
Scissors not lethal, Rolfe trial hears
The ‘very lightweight, very small, blunt’ scissors Kumanjayi Walker used to stab the police constable were not capable of inflicting a lethal injury in the circumstances, a court has heard.
Back-up cops ‘not armed response’
The senior NT policeman who sent Zachary Rolfe’s team to Yuendumu did not intend for them to be deployed as an armed tactical response unit, a court has been told | WATCH VIDEOS
Juror in Rolfe trial dismissed over ‘bias’
A juror in the trial of NT police constable Zachary Rolfe has been dismissed over what are believed to be perceptions of bias.
Police top brass, officers at odds over Walker
NT police bosses were at odds with frontline officers about the purpose of deploying Zachary Rolfe’s Immediate Response Team to Yuendumu, court hears.
Sergeant accused of lying in Rolfe trial
The officer in charge of Yuendumu police station on the night Kumanjayi Walker was killed has denied lying under oath about the information and instructions she gave Zachary Rolfe and his tactical response unit.
Moment cop shoots teen
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.
Police planned to ‘grab up’ Walker
On the night Kumanjayi Walker died, Zachary Rolfe and his police rapid response team drove around Yuendumu trying to ‘grab up’ the Aboriginal teen, a court has heard.
Cop’s prophetic warning over axe-wielding Walker
A policeman whom Kumanjayi Walker threatened with an axe told the teen’s grandmother the ‘next time he does that, he might get shot’, a jury has heard.
Outback shooting ‘designed to ensure death’
A jury has been shown body-worn video footage of the moment NT police constable Zachary Rolfe shot and allegedly killed Aboriginal teen Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu.
Rolfe loses last-ditch attempt to strike off charge
The much anticipated murder trial of Zachary Rolfe has began with the police constable suffering a legal blow as the jury selection process begins.
Court bars any Rolfe ‘tendency’ evidence
Prosecutors in the murder trial of NT police constable Zachary Rolfe cannot use so-called ‘tendency’ evidence about his past conduct.
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