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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

Clare Nowland’s family ‘struggling’ as Kristian White avoids prison for manslaughter of 95-year-old

Former NSW police officer Kristian White.
Former NSW police officer Kristian White was found guilty of manslaughter last year and had been given a two-year good behaviour bond and community service sentence. Photograph: Steve Markham/AAP

The family of 95-year-old Clare Nowland say they are struggling to come to terms with how Kristian White can “walk free” after a failed appeal by New South Wales prosecutors against the ex-police officer’s community sentence.

On Wednesday, White avoided jail again after three justices that oversaw the appeal stated that the non-custodial sentence imposed on White “albeit lenient, was not manifestly inadequate”.

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