A police officer could be locked up tomorrow after being found guilty of unlawfully killing a 95-year-old woman with dementia by blasting her with his Taser at a nursing home.
Clare Nowland, a great-grandmother, died of injuries sustained when Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, discharged the weapon at her chest in Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma, New South Wales on May 17 last year.
The jury heard he issued several warnings as she approached him with both hands on her walking frame and holding a knife, before he said ‘bugger it’ and fired the weapon at her.
Mrs Nowland, a great-grandmother fell backwards and struck her head on the floor, sustaining critical injuries.
After four days of deliberation, a NSW Supreme Court jury found Constable White guilty of unlawfully killing Mrs Nowland either by way of criminal negligence or a dangerous or criminal act.
He faces up to 25 years behind bars but was allowed to walk free from court ahead of his sentencing later this year.
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