Early Kumanjayi Walker arrest ‘not part of plan’
NT policeman says he hasn’t slept for six months grappling with how a simple arrest led to the death of a young Aboriginal man.
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NT Police report ‘a waste of money’
An expert says he is shocked that the NT Police paid an American criminologist up to $100,000 to produce a 12-page report supporting its murder charge against Zachary Rolfe.
Yuendumu nurses’ terror: Walker ‘a very scary man’
A spate of terrifying break-ins to nurses’ accommodation forced them to flee Yuendumu in November just hours before police fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker.
Clash over failed Rolfe prosecution
A coterie of police top brass decided as a matter of ‘convenience’ to arrest Zachary Rolfe for murder despite having ‘not even close’ to enough evidence to support the charge, the police union says.
‘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.
First shot failed to stop armed teen
The first shot Zachary Rolfe fired into Kumanjayi Walker did not ‘incapacitate’ the Aboriginal teenager, who kept control of an ‘edged weapon’, 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
Walker cops ‘had guns at the ready’
Zachary Rolfe and his unit went looking for Kumanjayi Walker with guns at the ready but did not agree beforehand what they would do if they found the teen, court hears | WATCH VIDEO (graphic content)
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.
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.
‘Instantly, he knew he’d gone too far’
Zachary Rolfe knew within seconds of firing three shots into the body of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker that he had ‘gone too far’, the crown suggests.
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.
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