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.
The delayed murder trial of NT Police constable Zach Rolfe will start on August 18, the Supreme Court has heard.
The highly anticipated murder trial of NT Police constable Zach Rolfe is expected to be delayed tomorrow for an unknown period due to the prosecution being stuck in Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdown and unable to attend the Supreme Court in Darwin for the start of the trial next week.
A 13-year-old male is facing 14 charges related to a series of property offences in the northern suburbs over the last couple of weeks, NT Police said.
The NT’s Director of Public Prosecutions has laid fresh charges against NT Police officer Zach Rolfe, 19 months after the shooting death of Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker and just weeks before the high-profile murder trial is set to begin.
Director of Public Prosecutions Jack Karczewski and deputy director Matthew Nathan have announced they are both leaving their senior roles at the end of the month, throwing the office of the DPP into turmoil.
A Supreme Court judge has rejected a move to ban the publication of allegations NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker and senior executive members intentionally withheld evidence from the defence team and the Director of Public Prosecutions in the Constable Zachary Rolfe murder case.
Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker did not disclose the existence of two coronial reports into the death of Yuendumu teen Kumanjayi Walker to the Director of Public Prosecutions and officer Zachary Rolfe’s defence team, but will now hand parts of them over, a court has heard.
The man who allegedly sexually assaulted a three-year-old boy who had been playing in his front yard on Thursday will appear in court today, NT Police said. Court records show the 21-year-old man has been charged with one count of sexual intercourse without consent.
A Darwin-based mobile crane hire company is facing two charges that could have them pay as much as $1.5 million for each charge over an incident two years ago when two workers were pinned under a 1.8 tonne switchboard.
A woman suffering from PTSD with a long history of being a victim of sexual abuse and domestic violence but with a significant violent record herself, has been jailed for repeatedly stabbing her violent then-partner including piercing his stomach while they were both drunk and walking in Palmerston.
A former Darwin man has been charged along with his pregnant partner after NSW Police uncovered a multimillion-dollar drug laboratory and supply operation allegedly run by the couple in Sydney, along with 65kg of silver bullion, 900g of gold bullion, $750,000 cash and 23 boxes of ammunition.
