‘Confronting’: 95-Year-Old Grandmother Tasered by Police, Now Hospitalised

‘Confronting’: 95-Year-Old Grandmother Tasered by Police, Now Hospitalised
A supplied image obtained on May 19, 2023, of Clare Nowland. A NSW Police officer has been taken off active duty after a 95-year-old woman suffering from dementia and on a walking frame was tasered at a nursing home. AAP Image/Supplied
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A 95-year-old grandmother suffering dementia has been tasered by police and is now in hospital.

The incident occurred in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) and has been described as “confronting” by the NSW Assistant Commissioner Peter Cotter.

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