A man charged with murder over the alleged shooting death of another man near the Cutta Cutta Caves has been remanded in custody after his first court appearance in Katherine today.
‘It’s a sweet gig, just get to do cowboy stuff with no rules’: Court suppression lifted on Rolfe text messages
Several months before the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu, Constable Zachary Rolfe described his job as getting to do “cowboy stuff with no rules” in a text message to an Army mate, that has now had a NT Supreme Court non-publication order on it lifted, the media have reported.
Police officers warned by Assistant Commissioner about their families’ safety after shooting
Assistant Police Commissioner Michael White has warned officers about increased risks to their safety, and the safety of their families, in the wake of the police shooting of a man in Palmerston on Tuesday, an internal police communication states.
Defence lawyers waiting on analysis of ‘chemical’ allegedly thrown at cops, despite results being returned in early December
A chemical analysis of a liquid allegedly thrown by ‘freedom’ protesters at NT Police officers has still not been provided to a defendant’s lawyers as part of evidence in a criminal trial stemming from a November ‘freedom’ rally, despite Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker having said in early December the analysis had come back from interstate.
Zachary Rolfe was justified in shooting Kumanjayi Walker after being stabbed, murder trial told
Constable Zachary Rolfe’s legal team said the officer had been taught “edged weapon equals gun” when arguing he was justified in shooting Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker three times.
Alice Springs quarantine escapee still on the loose, no explanation given
Police have still not caught a man who allegedly ran from the Alice Springs quarantine facility on Friday, Health Minister Natasha Fyles has said.
Two more positive COVID-19 cases in Katherine: Chief Minister
There have been two new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Katherine Robinson River outbreak in the last 24 hours, Chief Minister Michael Gunner has said.
‘Embarrassing and lamentable’: NT Chief Health Officer’s directives successfully challenged in court
The NT Government has lost the first prosecution of a citizen under its emergency health declarations, after a rural area man’s charges were thrown out of court in a case that exposed flawed government documentation processes and contradictions in the Chief Health Officer’s orders.
Darwin shooter Hoffmann pleads guilty to three counts of murder, manslaughter
Benjamin Glenn Hoffmann has today pleaded guilty to killing four people during a shooting rampage across Darwin in June 2019.
CLP heavyweight to stand trial over alleged theft of $400k from Australia Post
Former CLP Barkly branch chair and party management committee member Greg Liebelt and his wife Rebecca have been committed to stand trial on charges of stealing more than $400,000 from Australia Post.
Rolfe murder trial delayed after High Court grants stay
The murder trial of NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe has been delayed after prosecutors were successful in their High Court action to delay the case at the last minute this morning.
NT Supreme Court rules Rolfe’s legal team can argue he was acting ‘in good faith’
NT Police Constable Zachary Rolfe’s defence team will be permitted to argue that he should not be held criminally liable for the shooting death of Yuendumu man Kumanjayi Walker because he was acting in “good faith” in his role as a police officer, a decision by the full bench of the NT Supreme Court has determined.