Kristian White will face a jury trial within weeks over the taser death of a 95-year-old woman. -AAP Image
A police officer will soon face trial on allegations he unlawfully killed an elderly woman who died after being tasered at a nursing home.
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Senior Constable Kristian White pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in April and on Tuesday the case returned to the NSW Supreme Court, where his jury trial was set down for November.
He is alleged to have used a Taser on great-grandmother Clare Nowland at an aged-care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma in the early hours of May 17, 2023.
Clare Nowland died in hospital with an inoperable bleed on the brain. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)
The 95-year-old had dementia and used a walking frame, and was pointing a steak knife towards an officer accompanying White when the stun gun was deployed, police allege.
Mrs Nowland hit her head on the floor when she fell and had an inoperable bleed on the brain, later dying in hospital.
The 33-year-old officer's trial is scheduled to begin on November 11.
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