Glendale murder and police shooting inquest: Tafari Walton and Gabriella Thompson, a tragic life and a "toxic" relationship

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Updated January 20 2021 - 10:33pm, first published 2:30pm
TRAGEDY: Gabriella Thompson, a young mother, was stabbed 16 times by Tafari Walton at her home at Glendale on March 13, 2019. Picture: Supplied
TRAGEDY: Gabriella Thompson, a young mother, was stabbed 16 times by Tafari Walton at her home at Glendale on March 13, 2019. Picture: Supplied

THE step-father of Tafari Walton, who was shot dead by police a day after murdering Gabriella Thompson at Glendale in 2019, has described interrupting the brutal attack before wrestling with the 22-year-old and then attempting to provide first aid to Ms Thompson as she bled profusely from wounds to her neck.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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