The disgraced former police officer who was fired after Tasering a 95-year-old great-grandmother has launched his own legal action.
Kristian White, 34, has made an application to the Industrial Relations Commission following the dismissal of his senior constable from the New South Wales Police.
White was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a 12-person jury on Nov. 27 in the death of Clare Nowland.
The former officer Tasered an elderly woman on May 17, 2023, causing her to fall to the ground and fracture her skull.
Nowland died a week later in Cooma Hospital. She used a four-wheeled walker and was holding a knife at the time of her confrontation with White.
White was suspended with pay for about 18 months before being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, after which he was suspended without pay.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb announced on December 3 that White had been retired from the force.
He said he had no “… confidence in the officer’s suitability to continue as a police officer in accordance with the procedure set out in the Police Act 1990, section 181D.”
More to come.