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Kristian White Drops Bid to Overturn Police Dismissal

His withdrawal closes the final legal hurdle to reinstatement after he avoided jail with a community corrections order.

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Overview

  • Kristian White formally withdrew his challenge at the NSW Industrial Relations Commission to review his December dismissal from the police force.
  • NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb sacked White after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter for tasering 95-year-old dementia patient Clare Nowland.
  • In March he received a two-year community corrections order with 425 hours of service and escaped a custodial sentence.
  • The NSW Court of Appeal in July rejected prosecutors’ appeal for a prison term, upholding the original non-custodial penalty.
  • White is serving his community corrections order and has been diagnosed with severe depression and anxiety and has disclosed thoughts of self-harm.