‘Our job is to maintain the peace’: Police officer defends tasering 95-year-old aged care patient

Senior Constable Kristian White was charged with manslaughter through criminal negligence.
Australian Associated Press
Senior Constable Kristian White. Photo: AAP

A police officer tasered a 95-year-old aged care resident holding a knife because his patience ran out, not because she was a threat, a jury has been told.

Dramatic footage from the aged care home’s CCTV and police body-worn cameras was shown at the manslaughter trial of Senior Constable Kristian White at the Supreme Court of NSW.