The court case of Senior Constable Kristian White who faces charges of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault opened today in Cooma.
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Amazing, I read the same article less than 5 minutes ago.
Saying, “Na, bugger it” would suggest he knew there was another way to disarm Clare but chose the more dangerous taser method.
Scurrilous.
The entire care home seems to full of useless plonkers .
A frail 95 year old with a walker ,6 stone wringing wet and they needed to call the police in ?
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Agreed. No one wants to take responsibility.
Really makes no sense. Simply throwing a towel/blanket over her would have incapacitated her.
The charges against the police officer who tasered the 95 year old have been upgraded to Manslaughter
An update to this story.
The police officer was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury last November, after prosecutors argued his actions towards the great-grandmother, who later died of her injuries, were “grossly disproportionate”.
A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence and was sentenced to a community corrections order of two years - essentially a good behaviour bond - and 425 hours of community service.
Speaking outside court, Mr Nowland said his family was disappointed.
“A slap on the wrist for someone that’s killed our mother,” he said. “It’s very, very hard to process that.”
“Justice and fairness, that’s all we wanted.”
Mrs Nowland’s death sparked global outrage and drew scrutiny over NSW Police’s use of force.