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Clare Nowland in critical condition after police used a Taser when she approached with a knife and her walker.

Police shocked a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun as she approached them with a walking frame and a steak knife in an Australian nursing home, sending her to the hospital

Australian police said the old woman was approaching police with a knife, even though it was "at a slow pace".

Frail grandmother Claire Nolan, 95, was in a critical condition in hospital after she was tasered by a police officer as she approached them while holding a steak knife.

An elderly Australian woman with dementia is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being Tasered by police at a care home.

Senior police concede seeing an officer taser a frail, 95-year-old grandmother using a walking frame in a NSW...

The officer involved, who is reported to have 12 years' experience, has not been suspended but has been taken off active duty. He will be interviewed as part of the investigation, which will include the homicide squad.

'Significant concerns' for 95-year-old woman Tasered in a Cooma aged care facility.

The Australian dementia patient was ?armed with a knife,? a senior official explained Australian police are facing public outrage after an officer tasered a 95-year-old woman in a treatment room at a nursing home, as she was “slowly” walking towards him using a walking frame with a serrated steak knife in her hand. She hit […]

'Significant concerns' for 95-year-old woman Tasered in a Cooma aged care facility.