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'Playing on him': appeal set for Taser cop jail call

A police officer who tasered an elderly woman could be hit with jail time as prosecutors get a hearing locked in to try to overturn his community sentence.

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Push for cop warning after great-gran killed with Taser

The consequences for a police officer who shot his service Taser at a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home should be a warning to other cops, prosecutors argue.

AAP

Obituary: Vauxhall motorsport boss and successful co-driver Mike Nicholson dies aged 81

It’s a rare feat for anyone to have played a key part in two of the UK’s greatest eras of motorsport in two such disparate disciplines.

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NSW prosecutors appeal no-jail sentence for Kristian White over manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland

Office of Director of Public Prosecutions calls former police officer’s two-year community corrections order inadequate

The Guardian - AU

How should police officers use force? The Kristian White case is an insight into what the community thinks

When a jury in the New South Wales Supreme Court found Kristian White guilty of manslaughter, it was the first verdict of its kind in recent Australian history.

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Former Australian police officer avoids prison after killing 95-year-old woman with a stun gun

A former Australian police officer has avoided a prison term for killing a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

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Australian police officer avoids jail for fatal Tasering of 95-year-old woman

Victim’s family says sentencing a ‘slap on the wrist for someone that’s killed our mother’

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Clare Nowland’s son says decision not to imprison police officer who killed her a ‘slap on the wrist’

Kristian White was convicted of manslaughter over death of Nowland whom he shot with a Taser at a Cooma aged care home in 2023

The Guardian - AU

'Slap on the wrist': grandma-killing cop spared jail

The family of a great-grandmother who was killed by a police officer are disappointed and struggling to comprehend a decision to spare him jail.

AAP

Harm to boys abused by women teachers 'not foreseeable'

Four child sexual abuse cases had no merit because 1970s society was not aware that female teachers having sex with students caused harm, a court has been told.

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Notorious killer, rapist has win over key DNA evidence

A man serving a life sentence over the shocking 1988 rape and murder of bank teller Janine Balding has had a court win as he tries to clear his name.

AAP

Former police officer should be jailed for fatally shooting 95-year-old with Taser, court told

Prosecutor argues White has not expressed genuine remorse for his crime and does not accept that he is guilty of manslaughter

The Guardian - AU

Grandma met with 'aggressive brutality' by killer cop

A police officer who used a Taser on a 95-year-old woman has heard the impact her death had on her family as a judge considers whether to send him to jail.

AAP

DNA evidence gap in 'barbaric' rape and murder case

A partial DNA profile from a bandana used in one of Australia's most notorious murders does not match the ringleader serving a life sentence, a judge has heard.

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Mystery of missing fortune as jeweller bids for bail

Missing jewellery worth millions lies at the centre of a bail bid by a jeweller among five people accused of staging a robbery of his own luxury store.

The Guardian - AU

Kristian White sacked from NSW police six days after conviction for manslaughter of Clare Nowland

State police commissioner says she no longer has confidence in officer after he fatally shot 95-year-old woman with a Taser

The Guardian - AU

Kristian White suspended from NSW police after being convicted over 95-year-old’s death

White was found guilty of the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, whom he shot with a Taser at a nursing home

AAP

Millions more in fines for firm over foreign bribes

A company has been fined a further $2 million over a conspiracy to bribe foreign officials after self-reporting the breach.

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'Life-long' Rebels bikie has murder conviction quashed

A court has overturned the murder conviction of one of six men found guilty over the fatal bashing of Clint Starkey in 2017.

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No miscarriage of justice for jailed wife-killer Dawson

Three appeal judges have unanimously upheld Chris Dawson's conviction for murdering his wife, finding there was no credible evidence to show he was innocent.

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Judge mulls halt of 'unlawful, inhumane' brumby culling

The NSW government has argued that a bid by bush users to halt aerial culling of brumbies in the Snowy Mountains would harm species on the verge of extinction.

AAP

'Possessive, obsessed' Dawson killed wife, court told

There was "no significant possibility" Chris Dawson was innocent of murder as his obsession with a teen student led him to kill his wife, a court has been told.

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Dawson murder verdict based on 'impoverished' evidence

A 40-year delay deprived Chris Dawson of a fair trial and the chance to prove his wife Lynette was still alive in 1982, his barrister argues.

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How Senna’s early Pacific GP exit raised his Benetton suspicions

But what happened next only heightened his suspicions that rival team Benetton was using some form of illegal traction or launch control on its car.

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Raging knife-wielder killed in self-defence, court told

An alleged murderer has applied for bail as police claim he tearfully admitted to self-defence in fatally stabbing a man holding a knife and broken bottle.

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