The Latest Breaking News from Clare Nowland

'Violent' police culture sparks calls for transparency

Australia's largest police force is being urged to be more transparent as it faces accusations of operating with a "brutal culture".

AAP · Jun 1

Police brutality in spotlight after release of video

One state premier has defended the system after footage showing a woman being assaulted by police while experiencing a psychotic episode was made public.

AAP · Jun 1

Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

An inquest into the death of a 95-year-old grandmother tasered by police has laid out a host of alternatives available instead of pulling the trigger.

AAP · May 15

Cop who tasered grandmother drops bid to get job back

A police officer who was suspended after killing a 95-year-old aged care resident won't push ahead to don his blue uniform again.

AAP · Aug 11, 2025

Australian court dismisses bid to imprison ex-police officer who killed 95-year-old with Taser

An Australian appeals court has dismissed a prosecutor's attempt to imprison a former police officer who killed a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025

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

NSW prosectors’ appeal fails as judges say non-custodial sentence for ‘error of judgment’ is adequate

The Guardian - AU · Jul 30, 2025

Family anguish as cop who killed gran avoids jail again

A former police officer convicted for killing an elderly woman with a Taser strike will not be jailed after a court dismissed prosecutors' sentence appeal.

AAP · Jul 29, 2025

Kristian White did not give Clare Nowland ‘real chance to avoid being Tasered’, prosecutors argue

Crown tells court non-custodial sentence for former police officer was ‘manifestly inadequate’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 27, 2025

'Nonsense': cop's jail fight after tasering great-gran

Lawyers for an ex-policeman who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman have rubbished claims that jailing him would deter other officers from similar conduct.

AAP · Jun 26, 2025

Tributes for trailblazer's turbulent time as top cop

Lauded as a no-nonsense reformer, the first woman to lead Australia's biggest police force is headed for the exit after cutting short her five-year term.

AAP · May 7, 2025