Police officer who allegedly Tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland remains on bail

Police officer who allegedly Tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland remains on bail

Senior Constable Kristian White stays on bail whereas a courtroom awaits a autopsy report into the demise of dementia affected person Clare Nowland.

The NSW police officer has been charged with recklessly inflicting grievous bodily hurt, assault occasioning precise bodily hurt and customary assault after 95-year-old Ms Nowland was Tasered in a nursing house.

White, 33, and his companion remained steadfast in entrance of reporters outdoors Cooma Local Court on Wednesday and he maintained his silence whereas being peppered with questions.

Senior Constable Kristian White arrives together with his companion on the Cooma Local Court in Cooma, NSW, Wednesday, September 6, 2023. Senior Constable Kristian White is about to seem in courtroom on prices over the tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who later died following the incident. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING (AAP)

Magistrate Roger Clisdell had lambasted the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions for permitting White to dial in through video hyperlink for his first courtroom point out in July.

But White has been excused from showing in courtroom till his committal listening to.

It’s alleged White fired his stun gun at Clare Nowland after she was seen holding a steak knife whereas utilizing a strolling body on the nursing house within the southern NSW city of Cooma in May.

Clare Nowland, 95, passed away after she was tasered by a police officer.
Clare Nowland, 95, died after she was tasered by a police officer. (A Current Affair)

The grandmother fell and hit her head, which resulted in a fractured cranium, and died at Cooma Base Hospital every week later.

White was suspended from the NSW Police Force with pay following the incident.

The subsequent courtroom date has been set for October 4.

Source: www.9news.com.au