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Trial of NT police officer Zachary Rolfe, charged with murder of Kumanjayi Walker, moved to Darwin
The murder trial of NT police officer Constable Zachary Rolfe will be heard in Darwin, not Alice Springs, a Supreme Court judge has ruled.
Key points:
- Yuendumu is about 1,600 kilometres south of Darwin and close to 300 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs
- Members of the Yuendumu community said they respected the decision to move the trial from Alice Springs to Darwin
- The trial has been set for July next year, and is expected to run for around five weeks
Constable Rolfe is charged with the murder of Kumanjayi Walker in the remote community of Yuendumu in November 2019.
Yuendumu is about 290 kilometres north-west of Alice Springs and about 1,500 kilometres from Darwin.
The decision came after a defence application to move proceedings from…
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