Kristian White, 34, formally pleads not guilty in NSW supreme court at start of trial that could last three weeks into 2023 nursing home tasering
Sen Const Kristian White has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the NSW supreme court after tasering Clare Nowland in May 2023.Sen Const Kristian White has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the NSW supreme court after tasering Clare Nowland in May 2023.
Edwards said it was not in dispute that in the early hours of 17 May 2023, White had been called from home – where he was asleep off-duty – to the Yallambee nursing home in Cooma to assist ambulance officers in dealing with an “aggressive” resident who was carrying a serrated knife. The court heard that after the incident on 17 May and while Nowland was still alive, White wrote in the Computerised Operational Policing System database that the crux of the incident was that because “a violent confrontation was imminent, and to prevent injury to police, the taser was discharged”.
“My submission is that Kristian White was acting in the course of his duty when he discharged his taser and that he is not guilty, beyond reasonable doubt, of manslaughter.” Prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC, in his opening address, said the crown would argue White was guilty of manslaughter by way of criminal negligence or by way of an unlawful and dangerous act.Hatfield told the jury he anticipated they would hear evidence that, after the incident, White allegedly told a fellow police officer he consulted a policing manual: “I’ve had a look, and supposedly we aren’t meant to tase elderly people but in the circumstance, I needed to”.
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