A New South Wales police officer accused of using a taser to subdue a 95-year-old woman on a walker has appeared in court. It was the 33-year-old senior constable's first public appearance since the alleged incident in May this year. Clare Nowland passed away from her injuries a week later.
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00:00 Senior Constable Christian White has finally appeared in person in court nearly four months
00:07 after 95-year-old Claire Nowland was allegedly tasered at the Yolambi Lodge aged care facility
00:13 in Cooma.
00:14 He's facing three charges including recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning
00:19 actual bodily harm and common assault.
00:22 It's alleged he tasered the great-grandmother after being called to her nursing home in
00:26 the early hours of May 17, causing her to fall and hit her head.
00:31 She died in hospital a week later.
00:33 In the Cooma local court today, the matter was dealt with in minutes.
00:36 Mr White stood in the courtroom before Magistrate Roger Clisdell with his hands folded and looking
00:41 motionless.
00:42 He was accompanied in court by his partner.
00:45 His lawyer Warwick Anderson appeared via AVL.
00:48 A lawyer representing the DPP told the court that a large part of the brief had been served
00:53 but they were still waiting on the post-mortem results and called for an adjournment.
00:58 It's been 16 weeks since Claire Nowland passed away.
01:01 Magistrate Clisdell adjourned the matter to October 4 and granted a request from the defence
01:06 that the lawyer and client be excused in person and could appear via AVL.
01:11 The only words spoken by Mr White before the courtroom today were "thank you, your honour"
01:16 before his matter was adjourned.
01:18 The accused's bail is to continue.
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