The Latest Breaking News from Clare Nowland

Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother

An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday.

Reuters · May 20, 2023

NSW top cop will not watch tasered grandma bodycam

NSW's police commissioner will not watch video of the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother in a nursing home, as the elderly woman's condition worsens.

AAP · May 19, 2023

PM holds meetings with world leaders on second day of G7 summit in Hiroshima – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2023

Body camera footage shows moment police officer tasered 95-year-old gran at nursing home

The police chief declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun twice at a 5ft 2ins and 6.7st "much loved" elderly woman

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2023

95-year-old great-grandmother ‘tasered by police at care home’

‘At the time she was tasered, she was approaching police but it is fair to say at a slow pace’

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Afternoon Update: Tasering of 95-year-old woman under investigation; Stan Grant steps down; and falling for a sex worker

Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition in hospital after the incident at her Cooma aged care home

The Guardian - AU · May 19, 2023

Australian police Taser 95-year-old with dementia as she approached them with steak knife and walker

A 95-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday, two days after police shocked her with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Police tasering of grandma sparks calls for reform

A 95-year-old woman with dementia who was tasered by officers in an aged care home has prompted advocacy groups to call for an inquiry.

AAP · May 19, 2023

‘Not above the law’: Police pledge rigorous review after 95yo’s tasering

Senior police concede seeing an officer taser a frail, 95-year-old grandmother using a walking frame is "confronting".

The New Daily · May 19, 2023

Australian grandmother tasered by police in critical condition

A 95-year-old grandmother who Australian police tasered at an old people's home is in critical condition as the homicide squad join a high-profile investigation into the incident, police said on Friday.

Reuters · May 19, 2023