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Duncan Murray

Cop who tasered elderly woman should have 'evaluated'

A police operational safety instructor has testified at Kristian White's manslaughter trial. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Tasering a person who is armed with a knife is generally an appropriate action for police but might not be suitable in every instance, an officer's trial over the death of an elderly woman has been told.

Senior Constable Kristian White fired his stun gun at Clare Nowland, 95, in a treatment room at Yallambee Lodge aged-care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma during the early hours of May 17, 2023.

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