NSW police officer Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, after he used his service Taser on her while responding to a triple-0 call from the rural residential aged care facility ...
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Senior constable’s ‘wave of fear’ before Clare Nowland tasered by Kristian White
A police officer has described the fear she felt as she saw a “wave of darkness” come over the face of a 95-year-old woman who was holding a knife before she was tasered. Clare Nowland died of injuries sustained when ...
More »Cop ditches self-defence argument after alleged fatal tasering of 95yo
The police officer who allegedly fatally tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland in a Cooma nursing home has ditched an anticipated argument that he was acting in self defence. Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter over ...
More »Family of Clare Nowland settles lawsuit against state
The family of a 95-year-old woman, who died after she fell when a police officer allegedly tasered her in an aged care facility, has settled its lawsuit against the state government “on confidential terms”. She died in hospital on May ...
More »Assaults in NSW aged care rise to highest level
Assaults reported at NSW aged cares have surged to the highest level in a decade, with the figure more than triple the number recorded a decade earlier. Data by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) obtained by the ...
More »Three charges dropped for NSW cop accused of taser death
A senior constable charged with fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland in a rural nursing home will fight the allegations in a trial. Kristian White, 33, was called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma, NSW, on May 17 last year ...
More »Police officer charged with manslaughter of Clare Nowland ordered to hand over passport
The NSW Senior Constable responsible for the alleged taser death of a 95-year-old aged care resident has been deemed a flight risk and ordered to hand over his passport. Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White had his charges upgraded to ...
More »NSW police officer charged with manslaughter over Cooma nursing home taser death
A police officer who allegedly recklessly tasered a 95-year-old woman in her aged care home has had his charge upgraded to manslaughter. Clare Nowland was suffering an episode when she was allegedly tasered in a Cooma nursing home by Senior Constable Kristian White ...
More »NSW Police stop Clare Nowland’s daughter from watching ‘confronting’ footage
NSW Police is trying to stop Clare Nowland’s daughter from watching “confronting” police bodycam footage of the moment her mother was tasered as part of a civil case the family has brought against the state. Mrs Nowland died in hospital ...
More »Police wait on crucial report that will reveal how 95-year-old Clare Nowland died
Police are waiting on a crucial report that will reveal the cause of death for Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old woman who died days after she was allegedly tasered by a police officer. Senior constable Kristian James White had previously appeared ...
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