A senior constable who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman has been dismissed from the police force less than a week after being found guilty of manslaughter.
A senior constable found guilty of a 95-year-old's manslaughter has been granted bail despite prosecutors arguing he should immediately be taken into custody.
In the hours before being cornered by police and fatally tasered, great-grandmother Clare Nowland took two steak knives and raised them at residents and staff.
A police officer did not taser a 95-year-old woman holding a knife because she was a threat but rather because his patience had run out, a jury has been told.
An elderly woman holding a knife was not meant to die after being tasered for being a threat as she approached police officers and paramedics, a jury has heard.
A number of concerning medical signs were observed in an elderly woman as she was taken from her care home after being tasered by police, court has been told.
A great-grandmother's dementia meant she would not have understood what was happening when a Taser-wielding cop ordered her to drop her knife, a jury has heard.
A senior constable had a sworn duty to taser a knife-wielding 95-year-old woman in an aged-care home to prevent a violent confrontation, a jury has been told.
Senior Constable Kristian White is due to face trial for the manslaughter of great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who died after being tasered at an aged-care home.
A body has been located during the search for 77-year-old man, John Lockyer (also known as Tony) who was reported missing at Cooma earlier this week, NSW Police reports today.
A police officer charged with manslaughter will face trial in the NSW Supreme Court, accused of fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland in a nursing home.
