A Northern Territory policeman accused of murdering an Aboriginal teenager fired the fatal shots from point-blank range while his alleged victim was restrained, a court has been told. 

Constable Zachary Rolfe, 30, has pleaded not guilty to the shooting murder of Kumanjayi Charles Arnold Walker in November 2019. 

The 19-year-old died after he was shot three times in the remote outback community of Yuendumu, 290km north-west of Alice Springs. 

Prosecutor Philip Strickland SC said Rolfe fired his first shot 60 seconds after finding Mr Walker at a home in the desert community of about 800 people. 

The shot hit Mr Walker in the back but did not kill him and he continued to wrestle with Rolfe’s partner while holding a pair of scissors in his right hand.

Mr Strickland said Mr Walker was held down and his right arm was beneath him when Rolfe fired two more shots from point- blank range 2.6 seconds later…