Newly released court documents show prosecutors claimed Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe asked a detective to scratch him in the face to justify his use of force in an arrest almost two years before the fatal shooting of Kumanjayi Walker.
A jury last week found Constable Rolfe not guilty of murder and two alternative charges over the death of the 19-year-old Warlpiri man, who was shot three times after he stabbed the officer in the shoulder with scissors on November 9, 2019.
Before the five-week trial began, Justice John Burns ruled that certain material put forward by the prosecution was inadmissible.
The material, known as tendency evidence, included several allegations of excessive use of force by Constable Rolfe, as well as claims that he made false statements to justify his actions.
The material focused on four separate incidents involving Constable Rolfe.
The first related to the officer's arrest of Alice Springs man Malcolm Ryder in 2018.
According to the judge, the prosecution alleged Constable Rolfe punched Mr Ryder in the head, grabbed his hair and slung his head to the ground, rendering him unconscious.
"The Crown alleges that later that day, the accused requested a detective at the Alice Springs Police Station to scratch his face so that he could blame that injury on Ryder in order to...
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