Prosecutors have been ordered to hand over a preliminary brief of evidence against an Indigenous man who was shot by Northern Territory police earlier this year, as the case appeared in court for the first time.
Peter Skeen, 20, was shot at six times after allegedly threatening officers with a spear during an incident in the Palmerston suburb of Gray in March.
He was later charged with assaulting police, going armed in public and recklessly endangering life.
In the first court appearance for the matter, defence lawyers for Mr Skeen said they have not yet seen body worn camera footage or the extent of the evidence against their client.
"I requested a brief three weeks ago … I received a preliminary brief this morning which contained a single police officer's statement, not [from] any of the officers involved in the shooting," defence lawyer Clancy Dane said.
Mr Dane said the initial brief indicated the statements of the officers involved in the shooting, and the footage from their body-worn cameras, had been provided to prosecutors.
"In those circumstances [that material is] required to be included in the preliminary brief, but it hasn't been," Mr Dane said.
"The family and Mr Skeen are obviously very anxious to know what happened and what the case against him is."
Mr Skeen, also known by supporters as 'Big Brother of 0830', did not attend court for the first mention of the matter.
His lawyer said Mr Skeen remained in hospital and was not expected to be discharged for some time.
A small group of Mr Skeen's family and supporters gathered at Civic Park, near the Darwin Local Court, ahead of the hearing and afterwards.
Mr Skeen's uncle told media outside of court the 20-year-old expects to fight the charges against him.
"He's going through a lot of pain physically and mentally," Ranald Link, Mr Skeen's uncle, said.
"He's not doing too well."
Prosecutors were ordered to serve a brief of evidence to the defence by May 10.
The court heard Mr Skeen also faces an unrelated charge of aggravated unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
Both matters will return to court in June.
