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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.

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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.

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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

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Sergeant denies hiding Kumanjayi evidence

Constable Zach Rolfe's lawyer has accused a police sergeant of concealing evidence about the night Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot.

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Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker shot dead by officer minutes after safe arrest plan briefing, court hears

NT constable’s murder trial hears that family urged Walker to hand himself in after he earlier threatened officers with an axe

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Video of fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker by NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shown at murder trial

Body-worn camera footage played in the murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe shows the moment Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker was shot during an attempted arrest. WARNING: This article contains the footage of the shooting.

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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.

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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.

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‘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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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’

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Defence says Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe was following training when he fatally shot Indigenous teenager

Defence lawyers in the murder trial of Constable Zachary Rolfe have told the court the officer was doing his job when he shot 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker during an attempted arrest.

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Murder-accused cop trained to incapacitate

A Northern Territory policeman accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager was trained to use his gun to incapacitate an armed offender, his defence says.

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Zachary Rolfe: NT police officer involved in fatal shooting had ‘extensive’ firearms experience, court hears

Former soldier charged with murder of Kumanjayi Walker had little experience in remote communities trial hears

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Zach Rolfe murder trial: Case against NT police officer hinges on whether two of three shots were legally justified, court told

The prosecution opens its case against NT police officer Zachary Rolfe, who has pleaded not guilty over the fatal shooting of Yuendumu teenager Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

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Murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker begins today

Constable Zachary Rolfe has pleaded not guilty to three charges laid after the 2019 shooting of teenager Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu. A jury is set to be selected this morning to hear three weeks of evidence.

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Zachary Rolfe murder trial: what the case is about and what to expect when it begins

The police officer is charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker in a remote community north-west of Alice Springs

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Zachary Rolfe trial: Kumanjayi Walker's death, Yuendumu's grief and the constable charged with murder

More than two years after Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker died in custody after a police shooting in Yuendumu, a murder trial will be closely watched by people everywhere from the nation's red centre all the way to its coastlines.

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