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Clare Nowland, who had dementia, was Tasered after staff found her holding a knife outside her room

A 95-year-old woman who was allegedly tasered by a police officer in her Australian care home, died in hospital on Wednesday, the New South Wales police force said.

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Dementia sufferer Clare Nowland, a mother-of-eight, was tasered by senior constable Kristian White, 33, when he found her brandishing a knife at the Yallambee Lodge care home in New South Wales in Australia

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Clare Nowland, 95, is in a New South Wales, Australia, hospital after Tasered by a senior constable. Nowland, who has dementia, is a nursing home resident. The constable had been called to that nursing home because Nowland had a knife. "At the time she was Tasered she was approaching police.…

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