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Great-grandmother’s death comes a week after she was Tasered by NSW police and as Greens call for independent investigation

Clare Nowland is being mourned by her family and community, who say she leaves a "great legacy" after her death overnight.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb said upgraded charges were possible.

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

The son of 81-year-old Helen Holland, who died two weeks after being hit by a bike in Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh's motorcade says he is 'angry' at police and is demanding an apology

SYDNEY: A 95-year-old great-grandmother died Wednesday a week after being tasered by an Australian police officer inside her nursing home, police said.

Dementia sufferer Clare Nowland, who weighed just 43kg, hit her head as she collapsed to the ground causing a bleed on the brain.

A 95-year-old grandmother has died after being tasered at a nursing home, with a police officer facing three charges over the incident.

Clare Nowland fell and fractured her skull after she was tasered by police during an incident at a Cooma nursing home last week.

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

Helen Holland, 81, died two weeks after being hit by a motorcycle escorting Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh.