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NT Police officer denies trying to 'help' Constable Zachary Rolfe with evidence given at Kumanjayi Walker murder trial

Prosecutors have challenged the evidence of NT Police constable James Kirstenfeldt, who said he did not recall an email outlining a plan to arrest 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker at dawn.

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Kumanjayi Walker's uncle relives moments before nephew's shooting

Kumanjayi Walker's uncle has taken to the witness stand to relive the moment he heard gunshots from inside the house two police officers had just entered in search of his nephew on the night of his alleged murder.

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‘I Back Zach’: online drive to make NT cop Zachary Rolfe Australia’s Kyle Rittenhouse

The police officer charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker has friends in high places — and many thousands on Facebook and Instagram.

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Kumanjayi 'planned to surrender to police'

Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker planned to hand himself in to police the day after Constable Zach Rolfe allegedly murdered him, a court has been told.

AAP

Juror discharged a week into murder trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe

Trial also hears from two other officers who were deployed from Alice Springs on the day of the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker

The Guardian - AU

Jury member discharged one week in to murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe

A reserve juror has been called in to the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe after an original jury member was discharged.

ABC News

Juror discharged in Rolfe murder trial

A jury member has been discharged from the trial for a Northern Territory policeman accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker.

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Superintendent tells Zachary Rolfe murder trial he approved plan for early morning arrest of Kumanjayi Walker

The superintendent who approved the original plan to arrest 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker says officers were supposed to wait until 5am the following morning to carry out the operation.

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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

The Guardian - AU

Witness accused of deliberately concealing notes in day five of the Zachary Rolfe murder trial

A witness was dramatically accused of concealing notes she made about the shooting of Warlpiri 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

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Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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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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The Guardian - AU

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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Zachary Rolfe trial: sergeant warned Walker’s family that he could be shot

Today the jury heard evidence that Aboriginal elders had tried to convince Kumanjayi Walker to hand himself in to police, and that a local sergeant warned he could get shot.

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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.

The Guardian - AU

‘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

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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.

The Guardian - AU

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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Jury hears details of three shots that killed Kumanjayi Walker on second day of Zachary Rolfe trial

The trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe continued today with the jury viewing police body cam footage from the night 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker was shot to death.

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