US EditionAustralian Court Dismisses Bid to Imprison Ex-Police Officer Who Killed 95-Year-Old with Taser
COOMA, NEW SOUTH WALES, JUL 30 – Former officer Kristian White received a two-year community corrections order and 425 hours of service after manslaughter conviction; prosecution's appeal against sentence was dismissed.
- On May 17, 2023, Kristian White, a 35-year-old former senior constable from NSW, used a Taser on 95-year-old Clare Nowland at Yallambee Lodge in Cooma, resulting in her death.
- Nowland, who had dementia, was wandering the nursing home with a walker and holding a steak knife, which prompted staff to call police for assistance.
- White discharged his Taser after repeatedly asking Nowland to stop and drop the knife, leading her to fall and hit her head, resulting in an inoperable brain bleed.
- A panel of three judges in New South Wales unanimously rejected the prosecutors' request to impose a prison term, determining that while the 450-hour community service sentence was on the lenient side, it was not clearly insufficient.
- The decision disappointed Nowland's family and may be appealed to Australia's High Court, while a coronial inquest is expected to address broader issues related to the case.
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Australian court dismisses bid to imprison ex-police officer who killed 95-year-old with Taser
An Australian appeals court has dismissed a prosecutor's attempt to imprison a former police officer who killed a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun.
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