{"id":4859,"date":"2023-05-25T05:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2023-05-25T05:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T17:28:28","slug":"95-year-old-woman-tasered-by-police-in-australia-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=4859","title":{"rendered":"95-year-old woman Tasered by police in Australia dies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A 95-year-old woman who was Tasered by police at an Australian care home, sparking a public outcry, has died.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Clare Nowland was critically injured after police responded to reports she was wandering around the home with a steak knife at about 04:00 last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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New South Wales Police (NSW) said she died “surrounded by family and loved ones”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The officer who Tasered Mrs Nowland has been charged with assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The 33-year-old senior constable will face court in early July on charges of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He remains suspended from duty with pay while investigations continue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mrs Nowland lived in a care home in the town of Cooma about 114km (71 miles) south of Canberra, Australia’s capital city.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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NSW Police said their thoughts and condolences “remain with those who were lucky enough to know, love, and be loved by Mrs Nowland during a life she led hallmarked by family, kindness and community.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Last week, police said she was “armed” with a steak knife. On Friday, they confirmed that she required a walking frame to move and the officer discharged his Taser after she began approaching “at a slow pace”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mrs Nowland is believed to have suffered a fractured skull and a serious brain bleed after falling and hitting her head during the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It has prompted calls for a state parliamentary inquiry and the release of police bodycam vision of the confrontation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a statement, Mrs Nowland’s family said she was a “well respected, much loved and a giving member of her local community” and the “loving and gentle-natured matriarch of the Nowland family.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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They have asked for privacy following her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

SOURCE SMH<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A 95-year-old woman who was Tasered by police at an Australian care home, sparking a public outcry, has died. Clare Nowland was critically injured after police responded to reports she was wandering around the home with a steak knife at about 04:00 last Wednesday. New South Wales Police (NSW) said she died “surrounded by family […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4861,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4859\/revisions\/4861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}