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Clare Nowland Had Dementia And Was ‘unable To Comply With Instructions’ Before Being Tasered, Court Told

Geriatrician Susan Kurrle agrees, when questioned in Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial, that reduction in medication could have led to aggressive behaviour

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A 95-year-old nursing home resident tasered by a police officer had displayed behaviour consistent with dementia and arthritis that impacted her ability to walk, a Sydney court has heard.

Clare Nowland “was unable to understand what was happening to her and to comply with instructions”, the geriatrician Prof Susan Kurrle told the New South Wales supreme court on Wednesday.

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