The Northern Territory Supreme Court hears prosecutors in the case of Constable Zachary Rolfe are stuck in a locked down city and may not be able to appear in a Darwin court.
In less than three weeks, Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe is due to stand trial for the alleged murder of Kumanjayi Walker, a 19-year-old who was shot and killed in the remote community of Yuendumu in November 2019.
But now, legal teams are warning the proceedings could be delayed by an unforeseen circumstance – the race to prevent the Delta variant of coronavirus from spreading interstate.What does COVID-19 have to do with a Darwin trial? But Crown Prosecutor Phillip Strickland SC told the court, via videolink, that the trial may need to be pushed back."But the question will be whether adjourning for a week will make a difference."