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Anger as NT cop objects to inquest scope

Zachary Rolfe's lawyers objected to the inquest probing areas like his recruitment and supervision. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

It is disappointing lawyers for the Northern Territory policeman who fatally shot an Indigenous teenager did not raise objections about an inquest into his death sooner, the counsel assisting the coroner says.

Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker died after Constable Zachary Rolfe shot him three times in Yuendumu, northwest of Alice Springs on November 9, 2019.

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