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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Australian police officer avoids jail for fatal Tasering of 95-year-old woman

Clare Nowland, 95, died after being Tasered by an Australian police officer - (Screengrab/ ABC News (Australia))

A former Australian police officer has been spared jail over the Taser death of a 95-year-old great-grandmother suffering from dementia.

The New South Wales Supreme Court on Friday handed a two-year community correction order to former senior constable Kristian James Samuel White – two years after the police launched an investigation into the woman's death. He was also sentenced to 450 hours of community service.

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