A police officer who Tasered a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australian care home has been found guilty of her manslaughter.Kristian White, 34, used his weapon on Clare Nowland after the great-grandmother was found wandering with a small kitchen knife in the early hours of 17 May 2023.Her death a week later
Prosecutors, however, said Mrs Nowland - who relied on a walker to get around and weighed under 48kg (105lb)- was not a danger and that the "impatient" officer had neglected his duty of care to her.Mrs Nowland, while not formally diagnosed with dementia, had been displaying signs of cognitive decline in the months leading up to her death at times behaved
法新社報導，2023年5月，警方接獲報案指出，有失智症狀的老婦諾蘭Clare Nowland拿著牛排刀在安養院大廳晃盪，高級警員懷特Kristian White獲報後抵達現場。
新南威爾斯州最高法院得知，懷特多次要求激動的諾蘭放下刀子不成，咒罵「該死的」之後，拿出電擊槍電擊諾蘭。
諾蘭被電擊後向後跌倒，後腦杓著地受傷，一週後因腦出血在醫院過世。
據說諾蘭當時的體重不到50公斤，警方後來形容她「虛弱」。
法庭官員表示，經過3天審議，陪審團今天裁定34歲的懷特犯有過失殺人罪