Clare Nowland was critically injured after police responded to reports she was wandering around the home with a steak knife at about 04:00 last Wednesday.
when he was targeted. a 95 year old woman is in hospital with life threatening head injuries after being tasered by police in australia. this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland, who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementia, was tasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced and that s called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday,