Nurse At Aged Care Home Where Clare Nowland Was Tasered Had ‘never Seen Anything Like That’, Court Hears

Sen Const Kristian White’s manslaughter trial also told 95-year-old displayed behaviour consistent with moderate to severe dementia

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A nurse who witnessed a police officer pulling a Taser on a 95-year-old nursing home resident said she had “never seen anything like that” and at first thought it was a torch.

Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White is on trial accused of the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who died in May 2023 after being tasered. White has pleaded not guilty.

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