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Tim Dornin

NT cop 'had the devil in his eyes'

The inquest into the death of an Aboriginal teen will hear evidence from Zach Rolfe's ex-partner. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A Northern Territory police officer, acquitted of murder over the shooting of an Indigenous teenager "had the devil in his eyes" during an unrelated and earlier arrest of another man, an inquest has been told.

In rulings over the admissibility of evidence in her inquiry into the death of Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, coroner Elisabeth Armitage has provided details of statements by the former partner of the officer involved in the shooting, Constable Zachary Rolfe.

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