The police officer who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother in an Australian nursing home has been suspended as it’s revealed a worker from the facility received a death threat.
The fallout from the disturbing incident has focused attention on police training and practices and prompted calls for a parliamentary inquiry.
Clare Nowland was using a walking frame when she was hit with a police Taser at Yallambee Lodge aged care facility in Cooma, in New South Wales (NSW), on Wednesday, after allegedly failing to drop a steak knife.
The dementia patient and mother of eight is now receiving end-of-life care after sustaining critical injuries when she fell after being tasered….