A manslaughter trial against a New South Wales police officer who fired his stun gun at an aged-care resident armed with a knife continues today.
A manslaughter trial against a New South Wales police officer who tasered an aged-care resident armed with a knife will continue after a dramatic day where footage of the shocking incident was played in court.
The 95-year-old hit her head on the floor when she fell and had an inoperable bleed on the brain, dying at Cooma Hospital a week later.The trial of Senior Constable Kristian White over the alleged manslaughter of Clare Nowland who was tasered in a Cooma nursing home.continues today. Photo: Steven Siewert
Yesterday, the jury was shown three different angles of the tasering incident where Nowland was confronted by White, his partner acting Sergeant Rachel Pank and two paramedics in a treatment room at Yallambee Lodge. He arced the stun gun, sending out loud electrical sparks as a warning, and 26 seconds later fired the barbs directly at Nowland, causing her to hunch up and fall backwards.
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