Police officer who tasered knife-wielding woman, 95, found guilty of manslaughter

A constabulary serviceman who tasered a 95-year-old pistillate successful an Australian attraction location has been recovered blameworthy of manslaughter.

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland had near her country astatine the Yallambee Lodge attraction location extracurricular of Canberra, Australia, with 2 steak knives successful May of past year.

She took the knives into different resident’s room, who said helium did not consciousness threatened, earlier throwing 1 of the knives astatine a subordinate of staff.

Ms Nowland proceeded to attack Chief Constable Kristian White, 34, with a weapon in-hand, portion clutching her walking framework with her different hand.

She edged towards him slowly, but erstwhile she was betwixt 1.5 and 2 metres away, White reportedly said ‘bugger it’ and fired his taser astatine her.

The pistillate deed her caput arsenic she fell, causing captious injuries including a fractured skull.

She yet died from the injuries sustained to her caput successful infirmary a week later.

White said helium decided to usage his taser due to the fact that a ‘violent confrontation was imminent,’ but helium was this week recovered blameworthy of manslaughter by a assemblage successful Sydney.

The assemblage deliberated for immoderate 20 hours earlier yet convicting the officer.

The tribunal was shown video footage of the incident, successful which White could beryllium heard telling the great-grandmother to enactment down the weapon down 21 times earlier helium yet tasered her.

Ms Nowland was survived by 8 children, 24 grandchildren and 31

New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb expressed her ‘deepest condolences’ to the household of Ms Nowland who she said died ‘as a effect of the actions of a constabulary officer.’

She added it ‘should ne'er person happened.’

Ms Nowland’s household told LBC pursuing the blameworthy verdict that it would instrumentality them ‘some time’ to travel to presumption with the information that their beloved household subordinate died ‘at the hands of a serving NSW constabulary officer.’

White volition beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

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