Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland was ‘fed up’ she would not drop steak knife, jury told

Sen Const Kristian White did not consider the 95-year-old a threat and fired stun gun because as he was ‘impatient’ and ‘not prepared to wait any longer’, manslaughter trial told

A police officer’s cursing just before he tasered an elderly woman who was holding a knife showed the aged-care resident was not a threat but that he was simply fed up with the situation, a jury has heard.

Dramatic footage of the incident taken from the nursing home’s CCTV and police bodyworn cameras has been shown at a NSW supreme court manslaughter trial for Senior Constable Kristian White.

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