A Northern Territory police officer has been found NOT GUILTY of murder over the death of Indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker in 2019. The victim's family says the justice system has failed them. DETAILS: amy_clements9 9News
A jury has found police officer Zachary Rolfe not guilty of murder over the fatal shooting of Aboriginal teenager Kumanjayi Walker, after a month-long trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court.
On November 9, 2019, Mr Rolfe and four fellow police officers were dispatched from Alice Springs to arrest Mr Walker. He added that based on the evidence, the jury could conclude that the accused did not see Mr Walker stabbing Constable Eberl and he did not fear for his life when he fired shots two and three."The Crown case is that the evidence that the accused gave in court, that he did have those beliefs, was a lie, and the accused lied to justify the unjustifiable; namely, the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker," Mr Strickland said.
"The executive of the Northern Territory Police Force and those they deployed to justify these charges, you might think, have thrown everything at Zachary Rolfe because of a decision that should never have been made," Mr Edwardson said.Senior Yuendumu elders responded to the verdict outside court today.Murder in the Northern Territory carries a mandatory life sentence and anyone convicted of the offence is not eligible for parole for 20 years.
Mr Walker's family and senior Yuendumu elders have responded to the not guilty verdict handed to Mr Rolfe.
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