White has been accused of criminal negligence or conducting an unlawful and dangerous act that led to the unlawful killing of the beloved woman.
A police officer who stands by Tasering a 95-year-old aged-care resident a week before she died has taken the stand at his own manslaughter trial.fired his stun gun at Clare Nowland in a treatment room at Yallambee Lodge aged-care homeThe great-grandmother, who had symptoms of dementia and was holding a knife at the time, fell backwards, hitting her head, and died a week later in hospital.Kristian White arrives at the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney last week.
As White's trial entered its second week today, the 34-year-old got into the witness box to explain his side of the story under questioning from his barrister Troy Edwards SC.White has been accused of criminal negligence or conducting an unlawful and dangerous act that led to the unlawful killing of Nowland.Clare Nowland, 95, died after she was Tasered by a police officer.
However, he has defended his actions, saying he was fulfilling his sworn duty as a police officer to protect others in the nursing home from the threat that the 95-year-old posed with the knife.Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the
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