The NSW police officer charged over the taser death of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland in a Snowy Mountains nursing home will face a jury trial in November.
Senior Constable Kristian James Samuel White, 34, pleaded not guilty to one count of manslaughter in April.
Today, the NSW Supreme Court confirmed the Cooma police officer’s trial would go ahead in front of a jury in Sydney next month.
Senior Constable Krisitian White (middle) will face a jury trial in November. (ABC South East NSW: Floss Adams)
Mrs Nowland, who suffered from dementia, was tasered by Senior Constable White on duty at the Yallambee Lodge aged care home in Cooma on May 17, 2023.
Police were called to the centre in the early hours of the morning by staff.
Prosecutors allege Mrs Nowland was using a walking frame and holding a serrated steak knife at the time she was tasered.
She then fell and fractured her skull.
She died one week later in Cooma Hospital after suffering inoperable bleeding in the brain.
Clare Nowland, who had dementia, died in Cooma Hospital in May 2023 after being tasered. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Mrs Nowland was survived by eight children, 24 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
The trial is scheduled to begin on November 11 and is expected to last a maximum of four weeks.
Senior Constable White will remain on bail until his trial.
