"Shy and respectful" former AFL star Liam Jurrah could be sentenced to 14 years' jail if found guilty of assaulting his cousin with a machete.
Prosecutors on Tuesday began summing up their case against Jurrah, who stands accused of seriously injuring his cousin, Basil Jurrah, during a brawl last year at the Little Sisters town camp on the edge of Alice Springs.
Prosecutor Steve Robson said earlier defence claims the footballer was a victim of the tall poppy syndrome held no weight.
"I haven't seen too many examples of indigenous people trying to cut down one of their own," Mr Robson told the jury.
He said a group including Jurrah went to a home at Little Sisters with "aggressive intentions" to attack a group of people that was going about its business.
The prosecution has alleged Jurrah was twice involved in violent incidents at the town camp on March 7 last year.
Two separate witnesses, including the alleged victim, had said Jurrah twice hit his cousin on the head with a machete, Mr Robson said.
Mr Robson also used his address to defend apparent inconsistencies between crown witnesses, saying it was likely people from different perspectives would see different things.
Earlier on Tuesday the court had heard a police mistake had meant there was no thorough search of the area where the alleged attack occurred.
"It would have been an oversight by my department," Senior Constable Sean Aila told Chief Justice Trevor Riley.
He also said no crime scene had been established on the night of the alleged attack and the only weapon recovered, a nulla nulla, had not been forensically tested.
Also on Tuesday, the defence team called three character witnesses to talk about Liam Jurrah.
Fair Work Australia commissioner John Lewin said the footballer was a shy and respectful man whom he had never seen drinking alcohol.
"I have found Liam to be a very honourable person, a very serious person," Mr Lewin said.
Bruce Hearn Mackinnon, who wrote a book about Liam Jurrah, recounted how the footballer travelled back to Yuendumu to care for a friend dying of cancer and later fulfilled the man's dying wish to watch Collingwood play at the MCG.
"I find him to be one of the most inspiring people that I have ever met in my life," Dr Hearn Mackinnon said.
Another witness, Matthew Liam Campbell, said he had known Jurrah for 17 years and found him to be a well-respected, quiet leader.
Jurrah has pleaded not guilty to seriously harming Basil Jurrah.
The trial continues.
