Kristian White is SACKED by NSW Police after the senior constable was found guilty of Clare Nowland’s manslaughter

Senior Constable Kristian White has been officially stood down by NSW Police after he was found guilty of the manslaughter of a 95-year-old great-grandmother. 

The senior officer discharged his stun gun at Clare Nowland in a treatment room at Yallambee Lodge aged-care home in the southern NSW town of Cooma during the early hours of May 17, 2023. 

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb confirmed the 34-year-old had been sacked in a statement released just before 3pm on Tuesday.

‘Today (Tuesday 3 December 2024) I have determined that I do not have confidence in the officer’s suitability to continue as a police officer, in line with the procedure mandated under the Police Act 1990 section 181D,’ it read. 

‘Accordingly, I have removed him from the NSW Police Force and he has been advised via his legal counsel.

‘I have spoken with the family of the 95-year-old victim involved in this matter and advised them of my decision.’

It comes just days after the senior constable was suspended from the force without pay with Commissioner Webb confirming White’s employment was ‘under review’. 

In video footage played at his NSW Supreme Court trial, White was heard saying ‘nah, bugger it’ before shooting Mrs Nowland in the torso at a rural nursing home. 

The 95-year-old, who was holding a steak knife at the time, fell backwards and hit her head before dying a week later in hospital.

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