Yuendumu: The Trial

Constable Zachary Rolfe has told the jury in his murder trial that he shot Kumanjayi Walker three times because he feared for his police partner’s life.

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Within minutes of the Crown closing its case against Constable Zach Rolfe today, the young cop voluntarily took the stand in his murder trial to give his version of events about what happened the day he fatally shot Kumanjayi Walker.

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Shocking footage of a police shooting in the US has been played during Constable Zach Rolfe’s murder trial after it emerged that the NT Police Use of Force expert shared the video on Facebook as an example of how police should respond to offenders armed with edged weapons.

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The star prosecution witness in the murder trial of Constable Zach Rolfe has criticised the young cop and his police partner for entering the house in Yuendumu where they found Kumanjayi Walker and – after he stabbed them with scissors – fatally shot him. 

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An expert witness in the murder trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe  was asked to determine whether wounds suffered by the young cop and his Immidiate Response Team partner could have been self-inflicted after Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot.

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An expert has testified that the scissors Kumanjayi Walker used to stab Constable Zach Rolfe before he was fatally shot must have been open for the sharper blade to cut through his clothing.

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The Immediate Response Team member who first encountered Kumanjayi Walker at his grandmother’s house the night he died said the Indigenous teen was still struggling and resisting arrest even after being shot three times. 

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The forensic pathologist who conducted Kumanjayi Walker’s autopsy has given evidence about whether the scissors Walker stabbed Constable Zach Rolfe and Sergeant Adam Eberl with could have inflicted a fatal wound. 

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They were the frantic final moments of Kumanjayi Walker’s life when, after he’d been shot three times by Constable Zach Rolfe, IRT members – including Rolfe – desperately fought to save him.

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