Days before the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker began, Northern Territory Police considered referring Constable Zachary Rolfe to the Director of Public Prosecutions for allegedly perjuring himself during a 2019 court case, the coroner has heard.
The allegation related to a ruling by Alice Springs Judge John Birch that Constable Rolfe "lied" in his evidence about the 2018 arrest of Indigenous man Malcolm Ryder and likely "deliberately banged" the man's head into the ground.
