The death of Kumanjayi Walker was a tragedy but he was “the author of his own misfortune”, and the jury must not find constable Zachary Rolfe guilty of his murder, a court has been told.
David Edwardson SC, the defence barrister for Rolfe, said on Wednesday in his closing address in Rolfe’s murder trial that the Northern Territory police officer had acted courageously when he shot Walker and had been subject to a “flawed prosecution”.
