新南威尔士州警官因95岁的痴呆病人使用泰瑟枪被判犯有过失杀人罪。 NSW police officer found guilty of manslaughter for taser use on 95-year-old dementia patient.

新南威尔士州一名警官,克里斯蒂安·詹姆斯·塞缪尔·怀特(Kristian James Samuel White)被判犯有过失杀人罪,罪名是致死性地折磨95岁的克莱尔·诺兰,他患有痴呆症,当时在科马的一家养老院拿着牛排刀。 A New South Wales police officer, Kristian James Samuel White, has been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally tasering 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who had dementia and was holding a steak knife at a nursing home in Cooma. 陪审团驳回了他关于有必要使用泰瑟枪的说法,认为他的行为有刑事过失。 The jury rejected his claim that the use of the Taser was necessary, finding his actions criminally negligent. Nowland在被电击后摔倒,头部被击中,一周后导致她死亡。 Nowland fell and hit her head after being tasered, leading to her death a week later. 白人现在面临长期监禁。 White now faces a lengthy jail sentence.