The New South Wales police officer accused of Tasering a 95-year-old woman with dementia, who later died, is due to face court for the first time over the matter.
Senior Constable Kristian James White is listed to appear before Cooma local court on Wednesday over the Tasering of great-grandmother Clare Nowland.
The 33-year-old has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
It is alleged White Tasered Nowland at the Yallambee Lodge aged care home in Cooma in May, after being called out to the centre.
Nowland, who police say was holding a steak knife while using a walking frame, was allegedly Tasered after she failed to drop the knife.
The 95-year-old then fell to the ground, hit her head and suffered a fractured skull. She died at Cooma base hospital a week later.
White was suspended from NSW police with pay.
The most serious of the charges he faces, recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
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