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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Blake Foden

Nursing home resident threw knife at staff before Tasering: police

Clare Nowland, who died after being Tasered at her nursing home. Picture supplied

A "frail" nursing home resident is said to have thrown a knife at staff before pointing a second blade at a police officer, whose colleague allegedly Tasered the elderly woman while she was standing still.

This was "a grossly disproportionate response and excessive use of force", police allege in documents tendered to the NSW Supreme Court as part of the case against Kristian James White.

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