The Latest Breaking News from Kumanjayi Walker

Murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe finishes first week of evidence over fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

More than two years after the Northern Territory police officer was charged over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker, the prosecution and defence have each begun to make their case.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Lawyers for Zachary Rolfe accuse Yuendumu police officer Julie Frost of 'concealing' notes about fatal shooting

The defence team in NT police officer Zachary Rolfe's murder trial has pressed the officer-in-charge at Yuendumu over her evidence about the lead-up to the shooting of 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker.

ABC News · Feb 11, 2022

Zachary Rolfe trial: officer in charge denies Kumanjayi Walker arrest was timed to let her sleep

During heated cross-examination, Julie Frost also denies she deliberately withheld evidence

The Guardian - AU · Feb 11, 2022

Murder-accused cop's team 'ignored plan'

A senior police officer drew up a plan to arrest Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker early in the morning but Constable Zachary Rolfe's team had other ideas.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022

Video of Kumanjayi shooting shown to jury

Confronting body worn camera footage of the moment a Northern Territory policeman shot Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker has been shown to a murder trial.

AAP · Feb 9, 2022

‘He might get shot’: Kumanjayi Walker threatened officers with axe three days before fatal police shooting, court hears

NT police officer’s murder trial hears details of earlier arrest attempt by different officers

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2022

Jury in Zachary Rolfe murder trial shown video of Kumanjayi Walker threatening police with axe days before fatal shooting

A police witness has told the murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe that he did not believe the teenager intended to use the axe during a confrontation three days before the fatal shooting.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2022

Zachary Rolfe trial: photos reveal stab injury sustained by NT police officer before fatal shooting

Images show a small red wound where Kumanjayi Walker brought down a pair of medical scissors on Rolfe’s left shoulder

The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2022

Kumanjayi Walker attacked police with axe

Three days before a Northern Territory policeman shot Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker during a failed arrest attempt, he ran at an officer with an axe.

AAP · Feb 8, 2022

Zachary Rolfe trial: police officer said ‘it’s all good – he was stabbing me’ moments after Indigenous man was shot, court hears

Prosecutor in murder trial of Kumanjayi Walker tells court Rolfe knew his actions were not reasonable but defence says he made ‘split-second decision’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 8, 2022