Following advice from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, State Crime Command's Homicide Squad have today laid an additional charge of Manslaughter against a 33-year-old Senior Constable attached to the Monaro Police District.
This legal process was served on the officer's legal representative this morning (Wednesday 29 November 2023).
This upgraded charge follows the death of 95-year-old Clare Nowland in May 2023 after she was tasered in a Cooma nursing home.
The officer who remains suspended from duty with pay will next appear at the Cooma Local Court on Wednesday 6 December 2023 for Mention.
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