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Clare Nowland’s son says decision not to imprison police officer who killed her a ‘slap on the wrist’

Kristian White was convicted of manslaughter over death of Nowland whom he shot with a Taser at a Cooma aged care home in 2023

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2025

Clare Nowland: family of 95-year-old woman Tasered by NSW police settle civil case with state

Relatives sued when the elderly woman died from injuries after being subdued with a stun gun at an aged care home in Cooma

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2024

Men risked their lives to work on the Snowy Hydro scheme. Now, 75 years on, the 2.0 project represents a different world

Rugged adventurers who toiled in dangerous conditions to create the hydroelectricity scheme would scarcely recognise today’s technological advances

The Guardian - AU · Feb 26, 2024

A 95-year-old Australian woman dies after police shoot her with a stun gun

The woman, who had dementia, had been hospitalized in Cooma in New South Wales state since her skull was fractured when she fell on May 17 after a police officer socked her with a stun gun.

WEKU · May 25, 2023

Family, community mourn Clare Nowland, who died after being tasered by police in Cooma

Clare Nowland is being mourned by her family and community, who say she leaves a "great legacy" after her death overnight.

ABC News · May 25, 2023

Clare Nowland, 95-year-old woman tasered at Cooma nursing home, dies in hospital

Clare Nowland fell and fractured her skull after she was tasered by police during an incident at a Cooma nursing home last week.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Charges laid against police officer accused of tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland

A police officer who is accused of discharging a taser on a 95-year-old woman at a Cooma aged care centre is charged over the incident.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Why doesn't Australia have greater transparency around Taser use by police?

The use of a Taser to subdue a 95-year-old dementia patient at an aged care home in Cooma, New South Wales, last week is yet another sickening example of what can go wrong when police rely too heavily on force to resolve challenging situations.

The Conversation · May 24, 2023

NSW police officer who Tasered 95-year-old dementia patient suspended from duty with pay

Claire Nowland continues to receive end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital, as calls for a broader independent investigation grow

The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2023

Senior constable suspended with pay after tasering 95yo great-grandmother in NSW Snowy Mountains

Clare Nowland fell and fractured her skull last week after she was tasered by the senior constable who had been called to her aged-care home in Cooma, because she was carrying a knife.

ABC News · May 23, 2023