Officer who allegedly tasered 95-year-old charged | ABC News

A NSW police officer who allegedly tasered a 95-year-old woman at a Cooma aged care centre has been charged.
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Senior Constable Kristian White, 33, has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault.

Clare Nowland remains in a critical condition in Cooma Base Hospital.

The officer of 12 years' experience was with his partner when they were called to the aged care home in Cooma, in the state's south-east.

Mrs Nowland, who was found carrying a serrated knife, fell and fractured her skull after she was tasered.

NSW Police said Senior Constable White is expected to appear at Cooma Local Court on July 5.

He remains suspended from duty with pay while investigations into the critical incident continue.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb told media that police had commenced legal action against the officer from the Monaro Police District.

"There's little more that I can say other than that the Nowland family have been informed of this development and our thoughts and prayers are with Mrs Nowland and her family this evening," she said.

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