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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Middleton

Great grandmother, 95, dies after police Tasered her in care home

Screengrab/ ABC News (Australia)

A 95-year-old grandmother who was allegedly Tasered by a police officer in her care home has died in hospital.

Clare Nowland, who had dementia, was Tasered after staff found her holding a steak knife outside her room in the centre in Cooma in southeastern Australia on Wednesday last week.

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