Lawyers for the family of a 95-year-old great-grandmother who died after being tasered by Australian police said Tuesday they are suing the state government.
by Australian police said Tuesday they are suing the state government. Clare Nowland, who suffered from dementia, died on May 24, a week after a state police officer shot her with an electronic stun gun at her nursing home in southern New South Wales.The suit against the New South Wales government seeks damages on behalf of Clare Nowland's estate for alleged battery and assault, he said.
A 33-year-old senior police constable has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault over the incident.Officers had been called to the Yallambee Lodge nursing home in southern New South Wales by staff who told them a woman was"armed with a knife."
New South Wales, Australia businessman and community advocate Andrew Thaler holds up his phone showing a photo of Clare Nowland, May 19, 2023.Local businessman and community advocate Andrew Thaler, speaking not long after the incident to Australian television, said Nowland was"about 5-foot-2 and weighs all of 43 kilos [about 95 pounds], she can't walk on her own without walking assistance.
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