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Inquest into death of Clare Nowland after Tasering by NSW police aims to answer ‘outstanding questions’

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Inquest into death of Clare Nowland after Tasering by NSW police aims to answer ‘outstanding questions’

Coroner will examine 95-year-old’s death and look at dementia training for aged care staff, police and ambulance officers

Three years after police fatally Tasered an aged care resident, an inquest could save lives by improving training for first responders dealing with aggressive dementia patients.

Then-senior constable Kristian James Samuel White fired his Taser at 95-year-old Clare Nowland after being called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma in southern New South Wales on 17 May 2023.

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Originally reported by The Guardian

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