Andrew Thaler not the Nowland family representative, despite his claims

Clare Nowland’s relatives are furious at a controversial activist’s claims that he is the family representative and have asked media to stop engaging with him.

A controversial activist is standing by his claims that he represents the Nowland family, despite a fiery clash with distressed relatives outside Cooma Hospital the night the 95-year-old grandmother died.

Andrew Thaler was livestreaming on Facebook from the Cooma Hospital car park on Wednesday night as family members arrived to say their final goodbyes to Clare Nowland who had been tasered by police a week earlier.

As he gave “developing breaking news” that the officer involved in the incident was going to be charged, a large car horn can be heard in the background.

The horn came from a vehicle carrying family members.

Clare Nowland who died this week after being shot by a Taser. Picture: Supplied

When the driver spotted Mr Thaler he reportedly accelerated and blasted the horn.

Mr Thaler continued to record and approached the family members and became involved in a scuffle with one of Mrs Nowland’s sons.

Sources close to the family said police had been advised the long-time political candidate was not a relative of Mrs Nowland nor was he a chosen representative.

Family say that Andrew Thaler is not a representative of the family. Picture: Sam Turner

Police sources say Mrs Nowland’s children had asked last week that media representatives be notified that he was not speaking on behalf of the family.

Despite this, Mr Thaler has been quoted in newspaper interviews and appeared on television across the country and internationally.

On Friday he shared messages he had received of abuse and made a post saying:

“Cooma locals. This is tame compared to the abuse I’ve been copping from everywhere. The locals are the worst. Every single one of them are cowards. Cooma is the coverup town. I have permission to speak from members of the Nowland family. I have not received one single dollar for my efforts. We want truth.”

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