{"id":130746,"date":"2024-11-27T18:41:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130746"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:41:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:41:11","slug":"australian-police-officer-who-tasered-95-year-old-is-found-guilty-of-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130746","title":{"rendered":"Australian police officer who Tasered 95-year-old is found guilty of manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">SYDNEY, Australia \u2014 An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/charges-dismissed-deaf-man-cerebral-palsy-was-tased-repeatedly-punched-rcna176231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taser gun <\/a>was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kristian White was called to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/elder-care-costs-are-outpacing-inflation-americans-want-lifeline-rcna172950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">care home<\/a> in Cooma, a town about 90 minutes south of the capital, Canberra, in May 2023, after reports that resident Clare Nowland, who suffered from symptoms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/health\/aging\/alzheimers-symptoms-brain-therapy-tms-rcna178117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dementia<\/a>, was acting erratically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He shocked Nowland, who was holding a steak knife, with his Taser, police said at the time. She later died in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The jury found White guilty of the manslaughter of Nowland after deliberating for almost a week, said a spokesperson for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the state where the incident took place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He is expected to be sentenced as early as this week. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison in the state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"styles_inlineImage__yAWZ0 styles_small__5hUB_\"><picture class=\"styles_image__1qciH\" data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1240px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-360w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-360w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 1000px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-320w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-320w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 758px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-560w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 1x\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2023-05\/230524-clare-nowland-mn-1145-d5f389.jpg\" alt=\"Clare Nowland.\" height=\"986\" width=\"1563\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"caption styles_caption__Pe5JC\" data-testid=\"caption\"><span class=\"caption__container\" data-testid=\"caption__container\">Clare Nowland.<\/span><span class=\"caption__source\" data-testid=\"caption__source\">Reuters TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"\">State Police Commissioner Karen Webb told a news conference on Wednesday that the force was reviewing White\u2019s employment after his conviction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The force reviewed its policy on the use of Tasers in January, and found that no updates were required, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe policy and training is appropriate. The substance of this matter is about the application of the use of the equipment,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The case has caused outrage in Australia and brought attention to the use of force by police in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nowland\u2019s death came in the same week that a police officer in the same state was found guilty of assault after an incident involving a 16-year-old boy from the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/australians-decide-creating-way-indigenous-people-advise-parliament-rcna120427\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indigenous community<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">The state\u2019s police force is currently being sued by hundreds of music fans who allege they were illegally strip-searched by police officers at music festivals across the state from 2016 to 2022.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/australia-police-officer-tasered-95-year-old-found-guilty-manslaughter-rcna181961\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY, Australia \u2014 An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. 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