Zachary Rolfe lied about violent 2018 arrest, Northern Territory judge found

Suppression orders made in police officer's trial have been lifted, revealing details about a previous case in which he was accused of giving unreliable evidence

A Northern Territory judge found constable Zachary Rolfe lied about a violent arrest that left a man unconscious and gave evidence that lacked credibility" and parts of which were pure fabrication" in a criminal case before he was involved in the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker.

In November 2019, Rolfe shot Walker three times during an attempted arrest in the remote community of Yuendumu. He was found not guilty of murder and two alternative charges earlier this month after he argued that he had acted to protect his safety and that of his colleague after Walker had stabbed him with scissors.