Kristian White: Officer spared jail for Tasering 95-year-old

The former police officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of Clare Nowland.

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Kristian White said he had used the weapon to prevent a "violent confrontation" after finding Clare Nowland disoriented and holding a small kitchen knife in May 2023.

But the officer was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury last November, after prosecutors argued his actions towards the great-grandmother, who later died of her injuries, were "grossly disproportionate".

The case sparked public outcry, with the judge at one point saying it was "unlike any other that I have had to confront" over nearly two decades on the bench.

Handing down his sentence in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court on Friday, Justice Ian Harrison said White's actions at Yallambee Lodge in the town of Cooma, near Canberra, were a "terrible mistake".

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