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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley and Kate Lyons

Kristian White said ‘I’ve had a look and, supposedly, we aren’t meant to tase elderly people’, court hears

Clare Nowland was tasered by police officer Kristian White in her Cooma nursing home in May 2023
Clare Nowland was tasered by police officer Kristian White in her Cooma nursing home in May 2023. He has pleaded not guilty to her manslaughter Composite: NSW Supreme Court | PR Image

An officer who fatally tasered a 95-year-old nursing home resident was not trained at the police academy on the “exceptional circumstances” when a Taser should not be deployed, his manslaughter trial has heard.

Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White is on trial after Clare Nowland died in May 2023 after being tasered. White has pleaded not guilty.

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