Police Officer on Trial for Tasering 95-Year-Old Woman Leading to Her Death

Senior Constable Kristian White faces manslaughter charges after Clare Nowland, a dementia patient, died following a taser incident in a NSW nursing home.

• Clare Nowland, 95, was tasered by Senior Constable Kristian White at Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, NSW, after allegedly acting aggressively with knives.
• The court heard that Nowland displayed signs of a significant brain bleed and a large hematoma after being tasered, and she died in hospital a week later.
• Paramedics testified that despite Nowland's dementia, they did not feel in immediate danger and suggested the situation could have been de-escalated with more time.
• A staff member reported that Nowland had thrown a knife earlier in the evening, but it did not hit anyone.
• The trial, which is in its fourth day, is set to continue, with the defense arguing that White's actions were within his duties as a police officer.

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