Glendale murder and police shooting inquest: a tragic life and a "toxic" relationship

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January 18 2021 - 3:15pm
TRAGEDY: A coronial inquest in Newcastle is examining the deaths of Tafari Walton and Gabriella Thompson at Glendale in March, 2019.
TRAGEDY: A coronial inquest in Newcastle is examining the deaths of Tafari Walton and Gabriella Thompson at Glendale in March, 2019.

BEFORE he tied up and brutally stabbed Gabriella Thompson, the mother of his child, 16 times at Glendale near Newcastle, NSW, and then went on a wild, drug-fueled crime spree that culminated in police shooting him dead less than 24 hours later, Tafari Walton had led a tumultuous life, highlighted by drug use, mental health issues, domestic violence, incarceration and a toxic relationship that, at least in hindsight, appeared destined to end tragically, a coronial inquest has heard.

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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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