A police officer who Tasered a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms who later died has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Senior constable Kristian White, 34, used his Taser on great-grandmother Clare Nowland after she was found walking around her care home in Australia with a knife in May last year.She died in hospital a week later, prompting a public outcry.White had argued that the knife in her hand meant she posed him a threat, but prosecutors pointed out she weighed under 50kg and used a walking frame to get around.
Ms Nowlands later approached an officer with the knife in hand – while also using her walking frame at the same time.She walked very slowly, covering about a metre over the course of a minute. White told her he had his weapon pointed at her, before saying "bugger it" and firing when she was between about 1.5 metres and 2 metres away.White said later that he felt a "violent confrontation was imminent" and that he did not think Ms Nowlands would be seriously hurt.
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