Judge hears further argument about whether ex-officer Kristian White should be jailed after fatally Tasering dementia patient in 2023
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A now former police officer who fatally Tasered a 95-year-old dementia patient in New South Wales could receive a jail term at a Friday sentence hearing.
Kristian James Samuel White was found guilty of manslaughter after Tasering Clare Nowland at Yallambee Lodge aged-care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma in the early hours of 17 May 2023.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/07/kristian-white-sentence-manslaughter-clare-nowland-ntwnfb
Author : Ben Doherty and Australian Associated Press
Publish date : 2025-02-06 23:44:00
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