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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Australian court dismisses bid to imprison ex-police officer who killed 95-year-old with Taser

Australia Police Taser - (AAP IMAGE)

A former police officer who killed a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun remains free after an Australian appeals court on Wednesday dismissed a prosecutor’s bid to have him imprisoned.

Three judges of the New South Wales state Court of Criminal Appeal unanimously dismissed the prosecution case that the non-custodial sentence imposed on Kristian White, 35, was “manifestly inadequate.”

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