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Aged care worker receives death threat in Taser fallout

The 33-year-old NSW senior constable who tasered a great-grandmother has been suspended and a worker at the aged care facility has received a death threat.

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Officer who tasered 95yo woman suspended from duty

The NSW senior police constable who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother in her nursing home has been suspended from duty with pay.

The New Daily

Senior constable suspended with pay after tasering 95yo great-grandmother in NSW Snowy Mountains

Clare Nowland fell and fractured her skull last week after she was tasered by the senior constable who had been called to her aged-care home in Cooma, because she was carrying a knife.

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Aged care Taser incident raises deeper questions that must be answered

'We're only two years out from the royal commission, this episode suggests areas remain unaddressed.'

Newcastle Herald

Police chief shares reason she won’t watch video of gran, 95, being tasered in care home

The initial statement released by police failed to mention tasering and only revealed there had been an "interaction" between the great-grandmother Clare Nowland and officers in Australia

Daily Mirror

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb defends not watching body-cam footage of 95yo being tasered

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says it "takes courage" not to view the body-cam footage of an elderly woman being tasered, and that she wants "a complete picture" of the incident before she looks at it, as the woman's family asks media for privacy.

ABC News

Clare Nowland: aged care resident Tasered by police remains in ‘heavy sleep’ amid end-of-life care

Woman, 95, is surrounded by family and still in critical condition as calls grow for broader investigation of police treatment of dementia sufferers

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Priest gives sad update about tasered great-grandmother

A mass has been held by the bedside of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who was tasered by a police officer, as she receives end-of-life care.

The New Daily

Family of elderly woman handcuffed by police at Sydney nursing home wants more accountability

The daughter of a woman with dementia who was handcuffed in a Sydney aged care home is demanding more accountability from police over instances of force being used against residents.

ABC News

Six NSW police officers used two sets of handcuffs on a distressed 81-year-old dementia patient

Daughter of the woman says ‘police have learned nothing’

The Independent UK

NSW police footage shows officers used two sets of handcuffs on 81-year-old woman with dementia

Exclusive: footage from body-worn camera shows police restraining confused dementia patient Rachel Grahame in 2020

The Guardian - AU

Police officers being called to aged care homes is 'standard protocol', industry expert says

The family of 95-year-old taser victim, Clare Nowland, maintain a bedside vigil as questions are raised about why NSW Police police were called to her nursing home.

ABC News

NSW top cop can’t bring herself to watch footage of granny being tasered

As her condition deteriorates, NSW's top cop won't watch video of a 95-year-old grandmother being tasered in a nursing home

The New Daily

Australian police hold fire on charging officer who tasered 95-yr-old grandmother

An internal investigation was underway over an Australian police officer who tasered a 95-year-old grandmother, leaving her in a critical condition, and it was too early to say whether charges would be laid, New South Wales police chief said on Saturday.

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NSW top cop will not watch tasered grandma bodycam

NSW's police commissioner will not watch video of the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother in a nursing home, as the elderly woman's condition worsens.

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'How can this happen?': Cooma in disbelief as police conduct questions remain

Cooma residents reacted to the alleged Tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland.

ABC News

Cooma locals say tasering of elderly woman 'disgusting', as police review footage

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition at Cooma Base Hospital after the incident on Wednesday, as Cooma locals say other means should have been used to subdue her.

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The Guardian - AU

Clare Nowland: NSW police’s decision to Taser 95-year-old woman leaves community ‘gobsmacked’

Disability advocates outraged at ‘heavy handed’ response, while Greens MP says incident should mark turning point in police misconduct reviews

WEKU

Australian police officer investigated after using a Taser on a 95-year-old woman

The nursing home resident was found alone in her room with a steak knife when the officer in question fired his Taser. The woman is now in critical condition at the hospital.

Irish Mirror

Grandmother, 95, who suffers from dementia, in critical condition after police taser her at nursing home

The great-grandmother is now fighting for her life after police tasered her while she was holding a steak knife at her nursing home

Daily Mirror

Body camera footage shows moment police officer tasered 95-year-old gran at nursing home

The police chief declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun twice at a 5ft 2ins and 6.7st "much loved" elderly woman

The Independent UK

95-year-old great-grandmother ‘tasered by police at care home’

‘At the time she was tasered, she was approaching police but it is fair to say at a slow pace’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Tasering of 95-year-old woman under investigation; Stan Grant steps down; and falling for a sex worker

Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition in hospital after the incident at her Cooma aged care home

The Independent UK

Australian police Taser 95-year-old with dementia as she approached them with steak knife and walker

A 95-year-old woman was in critical condition Friday, two days after police shocked her with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home

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