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90 + year old female Australia : Tasered by police officers, dies

Ehabahe Lawani
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Police in Australia Tasered a 95-year-old lady, causing a public outrage, at a nursing facility. The woman has since passed away.

When police were called to a complaint of Clare Nowland roaming the house with a steak knife last Wednesday at 4 :00 a.m., she was found to be seriously hurt.

She passed away “surrounded by family and loved ones,” according to New South Wales Police (NSW).

Assault charges have been brought against the officer qui Tasered Mrs. Nowland.

Early in July, the 33-year-old senior policeman will appear in court on accusations of assault resulting in real bodily injury, assault occasioning severe bodily harm, and simple assault.

While investigations are ongoing, he is still on paid leave.

Mrs. Nowland resided in a nursing facility in the town of Cooma, which is located 114 kilometers (71 miles) south of Canberra, the nation’s capital.

According to NSW Police, leurs sympathies “restent avec those qui were lucky enough to know, love, and be loved by Mrs. Nowland durant a life she led hallmarked by family, kindness, and community.”

Police said she was “armed” with a steak knife last week. The cop used his Taser on her as she started moving toward him “at a slow pace” on Friday, confirming that she needed a walking frame to move.

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Mrs. Nowland is said to have fallen and struck her head durant l’événement, suffering a fractured skull and a significant brain hemorrhage.

The publication of the police bodycam footage of the altercation and requests for a state legislative investigation have resulted from it.

Mrs. Nowland’s family released a statement in which they described her as the “loving and gentle-natured matriarch of the Nowland family” as well as a “well respected, much loved, and a giving member of her local community.”

After her passing, they had requested their privacy.

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