The highly anticipated trial of Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe continued today with the jury viewing police body cam footage from the night 19-year-old Kumanjayi Walker was shot to death in 2019.
Rolfe stands accused of the murder of Walker, who died after the officer shot him three times in the remote community of Yuendumu.
Rolfe has pleaded not guilty. Under the territory’s mandatory sentencing laws, Rolfe could face a lifetime behind bars if found guilty and would be unlikely to be eligible for parole for at least 20 years.
Journalist and lawyer Hannah Ryan is on the scene at the NT Supreme Court in Darwin. Yesterday she gave us the key details from day one of the trial — you can catch up on that here — and today again she joined us in a live Twitter Spaces to give us an update on how the trial is progressing on day two.
Zachary Rolfe trial: day two
Click on the embedded tweet below to listen to a recording of Hannah Ryan recapping day two of the Zachary Rolfe trial on Twitter Spaces.
We’ll be going live again on Twitter tomorrow at 3.30pm AEDT to bring you the key details from day three of the trial. Sign up to get a reminder here.
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