Jury verdict still to come for cop who tasered 95yo A jury has gone home for the day after three hours of deliberations failed to produce a verdict for a police officer who tasered an elderly woman. AAP · Nov 19, 2024
Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland tells court taking knife from her hand came with ‘high risk’ Sen Const Kristian White says situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2024
'Not the frailest I've seen': cop who tasered woman, 95 An elderly woman holding a knife was not meant to die after being tasered for being a threat as she approached police officers and paramedics, a jury has heard. AAP · Nov 17, 2024
A 95-year-old woman died after being tasered in a NSW aged care home. Was it manslaughter? Police bodycam footage of Clare Nowland moving slowly with the help of a walking frame has been played at the trial of Sen Const Kristian White The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024
Kristian White said ‘I’ve had a look and, supposedly, we aren’t meant to tase elderly people’, court hears NSW senior constable on trial for manslaughter of Clare Nowland hadn’t been trained on ‘exceptional circumstances’ when Taser should not be used, trial told The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024
Cop who tasered elderly woman should have 'evaluated' Police should aim to use the least amount of force necessary when conducting their duties, a trial over the tasering death of an elderly woman has been told. AAP · Nov 15, 2024
‘Different when there’s a knife raised at you’: officer feared Clare Nowland would stab her before Taser deployed Witness tells Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial that 95-year-old Nowland ‘didn’t appear to acknowledge’ warnings or instructions The Guardian - AU · Nov 14, 2024
Cops 'did their best' by tasering great-grandmother A police officer who attended a nursing home when a 95-year-old with dementia symptoms was tasered told colleagues that was the best they could have done. AAP · Nov 14, 2024
“Absolutely Inhumane”: Cop Who Fatally Tasered 95YO Woman In Nursing Home Reveals Reason "Inhumane." An Australian police officer is facing trial for fatally tasering a 95-year-old woman. His defense argues that the woman was dangerous and was armed with a knife. The post “Absolutely Inhumane”: Cop Who Fatally Tasered 95YO Woman In Nursing Home Reveals Reason first appeared on Bored Panda. Bored Panda · Nov 13, 2024
Nurse at aged care home where Clare Nowland was tasered had ‘never seen anything like that’, court hears Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial also told 95-year-old displayed behaviour consistent with moderate to severe dementia The Guardian - AU · Nov 13, 2024
Nurse's alarm as cop tasered 95-year-old great-gran A nurse's curiosity when a police officer pulled out his Taser turned to concern when he used it on an elderly woman holding a knife, a court has been told. AAP · Nov 12, 2024
Afternoon Update: questions over Bondi Junction alarm delay; ‘severe storms’ on the way; and Australia’s punk pioneers Inquest into April 13 attack at Westfield shopping centre will run for five weeks from April 2025 The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2024
NSW police officer said ‘got her … grab it’ after Tasering Clare Nowland in nursing home, court hears Kristian White Tasered 95-year-old in Cooma nursing home after she refused to drop knife. He has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2024
'Got her': cop yells after tasering great-grandmother An aged-care resident armed with a steak knife was told she was "going to get tased" before a police officer fired his weapon on her. AAP · Nov 11, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Nov 11, 2024 Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland, 95, claims he wanted to avoid ‘violent confrontation’ Kristian White, 34, formally pleads not guilty in NSW supreme court at start of trial that could last three weeks into 2023 nursing home tasering
AAP · Nov 11, 2024 'I needed to': cop defends tasering aged-care resident A police officer told a colleague he had to taser a 95-year-old woman armed with a steak knife to prevent violence in an aged-care home, a jury has heard.
AAP · Oct 15, 2024 Trial set for cop charged over grandma's taser death A NSW police officer has denied unlawfully killing a 95-year-old woman with dementia, who was tasered while holding a knife.
AAP · Sep 11, 2024 Cop to argue reasonable force in 95yo's taser death Senior Constable Kristian White is due to face trial for the manslaughter of great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who died after being tasered at an aged-care home.
AAP · Apr 5, 2024 Cop who tasered gran pleads not guilty to manslaughter A police officer who tasered a great-grandmother who later died has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter and awaits a four-week trial.
AAP · Apr 4, 2024 Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner Police killings of people with mental health needs can no longer be addressed individually when a pattern of deaths has become so clear, a coroner has found.
The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2024 Transport, housing and cost of living: how has Labor fared in its first year in power in NSW? While the Minns government has made strides on wages, many of its promises – on renting, buses and the environment – remain unfulfilled
The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2024 Morning Mail: mulch company’s court move, Biden proposes aid port for Gaza, nuclear power challenges Greenlife Resource will argue that contamination case should be dismissed; US forces will build a temporary port to deliver aid to Palestinians
The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2024 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
AAP · Mar 7, 2024 'Confidential' end to tasered gran's suit against state A civil claim from the family of a 95-year-old woman who died after tasered will not continue, as a police officer faces criminal charges.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024 Afternoon Update: Australians overcharged across industries; right to disconnect from work laws a near certainty; and what’s in household dust? An inquiry into price gouging has found a lack of competition in key markets, including banks and supermarkets, is driving inflation