Cop to face trial over fatal tasering of 95-year-old
A police officer accused of fatally tasering a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home will face trial in the NSW Supreme Court.
Clare Nowland died in hospital after fracturing her skull when a police officer tasered her. Photo: AAP Image/Supplied
Kristian White, 33, appeared before Cooma Local Court on Wednesday, with his solicitor indicating the senior constable would plead not guilty to manslaughter.
The court was told all other charges were withdrawn, and the case was committed to the supreme court where White will be arraigned on April 5.
White is alleged to have used a taser on resident Clare Nowland at an aged care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma in the early hours of May 17, 2023.
Nowland, who weighed 43 kilograms and lived with dementia, was confronted while using a walking frame and holding a steak knife.
She was repeatedly asked by staff, paramedics and police to drop the knife, a NSW Police statement of facts said.
She was tasered and fell, hitting her head on the ground.
Nowland was taken to Cooma Hospital, where she died on May 24.
– AAP
