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Outrage Over Lenient Sentence for Taser Manslaughter

3/28/2025

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Former NSW police officer Kristian White has been handed a two-year community correction order for the tragic manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who died after being Tasered in May 2023. Justice Ian Harrison called White's actions a "terrible mistake," but the leniency of the sentence sparked outrage from Nowland's family, who deemed it a "slap on the wrist."

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Former NSW police officer Kristian White has been handed a two-year community correction order for the tragic manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who died after being Tasered in May 2023. Justice Ian Harrison called White's actions a "terrible mistake," but the leniency of the sentence sparked outrage from Nowland's family, who deemed it a "slap on the wrist."