Australia police ‘taser’ 95-year-old in nursing home

Australia police not releasing video of 95-year-old’s tasering

SYDNEY: Australian police will not release bodycam footage of an officer tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia inside her nursing home, a state police chief said Saturday. The woman, Clare Nowland, is in a critical state in hospital, three days after being shot with an electronic stun gun in a confrontation that shocked Australians and made international headlines. Officers arrived at Yallambee Lodge in southern New South Wale…

Australian police Taser 95-year-old woman at nursing home

A senior constable fired his taser at the 157-centimetre, 43-kilogram woman, who was using a walking frame. She fell and was grievously injured.

Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday. Read full story

Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday. Clare Nowland remains in hospital after being tasered by police at the Yallambee aged care home in Cooma, about 300 km (186 miles) southwest of Sydney, on Wednesday. Polic…

Australian police use Taser on 95-year-old with dementia who held steak knife

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them using a walker and carrying a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital in critical condition after her head hit the floor. The extraordinary police takedown of Clare Nowland, who has dementia, on Wednesday prompted a high-level police internal investigation. It also has sparked debate about how New South Wales state…