The family of a 95-year-old grandmother who was killed by a police officer has welcomed the decision of the public prosecutor to appeal against the sentence of her murderer.
Former NSW police officer Kristian White was sentenced on Friday to a two-year community correction level on Friday before the manslaughter of Clare Nowland in May 2023.
The great-grandmother was armed with a knife in her Cooma, South NSW, nursing home when she was beaten, causing her to fall and hit her head.
Mrs. Nowland suffered from dementia and trusted a walking frame.
CCTV images of her confrontation police showed that White had talked to her for less than three minutes before he fired the taser.
White later told the court that he felt threatened by the 95-year-old.
White received a two-year community correction order and ordered to complete 425 hours of community service for killing MS Nowland.
The Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) revealed on Wednesday that things would appeal against the decision.
Former NSW police officer Kristian White avoided the prison sentence for the manslaughter of Clare Nowland (photo)
Mrs. Nowland's oldest children (photo) welcomed news that the office of the public prosecution would appeal
Her two oldest children, daughter Lesley Lloyd and son Michael Nowland, were destroyed by Friday's verdict.
When asked by nine news if he believed that White deserved a prison, Michael said: 'Absolute. For a deliberate, inhuman act he did, absolutely. '
Mrs. Lloyd claimed that her family would never come to terms with the violent death of Mrs. Nowland.
“At 95 we could accept that our mother would die, but to go as she has, is just unacceptable,” she said.
“It's just something that never happens to me.”
The brothers and sisters also shared a new clip from their mother only a few hours before her death.
It showed Mrs. Nowland from a Cuppa and expressed how satisfied she was in life.
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