NSW police commissioner says she won’t watch video of Clare Nowland, 95, being Tasered

Karen Webb says it is not ‘necessary that I actually view it’ as Nowland remains in Cooma hospital

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New South Wales’ top cop says she will not watch confronting video of a 95-year-old grandmother being Tasered in a nursing home, as the elderly woman’s condition deteriorates in hospital.

Clare Nowland, 95, was using a walking frame when she was hit with a Taser at an aged care facility in Cooma in the early hours of Wednesday, after she allegedly failed to drop a steak knife.

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