Detective feared for his life before shooting Tafari Walton: Inquest

Nick Bielby
Updated January 23 2021 - 1:11am, first published January 22 2021 - 5:30pm
Police at the scene in March, 2019. Inset, top: Tafari Walton. Inset, bottom: Gabriella Thompson.
Police at the scene in March, 2019. Inset, top: Tafari Walton. Inset, bottom: Gabriella Thompson.

A former Lake Macquarie detective who shot a man wanted for murder almost two years ago has told a court he thought he was going to die when the 22-year-old came at him with a knife.

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Nick Bielby

Nick Bielby

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Nick Bielby is a crime reporter who has been with the Newcastle Herald since 2017.

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