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Kumanjayi Walker inquest told independent prosecutors should have had 'objective oversight' of Zachary Rolfe perjury investigation

NT Police Assistant Commissioner Bruce Porter gave evidence at the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker today. (ABC News: Xavier Martin)

Senior police should have referred evidence from an investigation into Constable Zachary Rolfe to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for an independent opinion on whether he should be charged with perjury, the Northern Territory Coroner has been told.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains an image of a person who has died, used with the permission of their family.

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