Woman, 95, Tasered by officer at Cooma aged care home, approached on walking frame with a knife, police say

Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition after a NSW police officer discharged his Taser at a Cooma aged care facility, causing her to fall and strike her head. Photograph: supplied

A frail, 95-year-old woman was approaching officers at a “slow pace” using a walking frame when they deemed it necessary to deploy a Taser, leaving her fighting for her life in hospital.

New South Wales police confirmed on Friday that the homicide squad was investigating the incident and that the senior constable involved, who had 12 years experience, is under review and no longer working.