Inside crucial two hours at Cooma aged care home where 95yo Clare Nowland was tasered

Here is a detailed breakdown of what police say happened within two crucial hours that saw a fragile 95yo tasered, according to fresh documents.

At 3:10am on May 17, a frail, vulnerable dementia patient and much-loved great-grandmother was seen walking through the corridor of her aged care home while carrying two kitchen knives in her left hand and using her mobility walker.

At the same time, the nurse on duty at Yallambee Lodge in the NSW town of Cooma allegedly entered the house to help another resident.

These are the allegations within a newly released redacted version of police facts in the case of Senior Constable Kristian White, who is accused tasering Ms Nowland’s chest, causing her to fall backwards and fracture her skull.

She died in hospital one week later.

The documents state the nurse asked 95-year-old Clare Nowland to put the knives down, to which she responded “no”. Two hours later, she was tasered in a “grossly disproportionate” reaction, given her size and disability.

Ms Nowland sky-dived for her 80th birthday.

According to the police facts released by the NSW Supreme Court, after Ms Nowland said “no” to the nurse, she abruptly followed her into another patient’s room.

The 43kg woman initially refused the nurse’s request to leave but eventually wheeled herself out of the room, still carrying the two knives, the facts read.

After assisting the other patient, the nurse allegedly found Ms Nowland in the room of a second resident.

The nurse saw the lights were on, the door was open and Ms Nowland was sitting in a chair at the foot of the bed “still holding the knives with (the resident) wide awake”.

Ms Nowland weighed 43kg. Picture: ABC News

Police claim Ms Nowland refused to leave the room, but eventually wheeled herself out, knife-in-hand.

According to the facts, the nurse found Ms Nowland in a third resident’s room a few minutes later, “standing at the foot of the bed, holding the two knives in her left hand”.

Over the next 20 minutes, several staff allegedly tried unsuccessfully to negotiate with Ms Nowland to leave the room.

Senior Constable Kristian White was suspended from duty with full pay. Picture: 9NEWS

After attempting to contact Ms Nowland’s family, one nurse was advised by the facility manager to contact paramedics as she “would likely need to be taken to hospital and sedated,” the court documents state.

Ms Nowland then “threw one of the knives at the staff members, missing them and (the knife) landing on the floor”.

At 4:08am, two off-duty officers, being Sen. Constable Kristian White and a female colleague, received the call to attend to “a 95-year-old resident armed with two knives entering other residents’ rooms”.

Ms Nowland had allegedly been locked in the room of the fellow resident, who had left the room.

Ms Nowland was a mother of eight, grandmother of 24 and great-grandmother of 30.

But when paramedics opened the door, Ms Nowland had allegedly left via a back door to the outdoor grounds and a search was sparked.

A nurse briefly found Ms Nowland, but when Sen. Constable White and his colleague arrived at 4:49am — — Ms Nowland was again missing.

Fifteen minutes later, found her in a small nurse’s treatment room in the administrative building, the facts state.

“Nowland was seated in the office chair at the desk with a knife and a small torch in her hand and her four wheel walker positioned next to her,” they read.

The documents claim paramedics asked Ms Nowland to place the knife on the desk but she instead placed the torch there.

As Ms Nowland stood up, despite being asked to stay seated, the female sergeant — who is accused of no wrongdoing — allegedly suggested she might be able to reach and “get the knife”.

As the sergeant got within a metre of Ms Nowland, the grandmother allegedly looked at her and pointed the knife towards her, forcing her to move back.

She then walked towards the doorway and raised the knife towards the female sergeant’s chest, the facts claim.

Sen. Constable White has not entered pleas on three charges. Picture: 9NEWS

At this moment, Sen. Constable White allegedly drew and activated his taser, aiming it towards her chest.

Both officers asked Ms Nowland “to stop,” the documents state.

They say Ms Nowland did not respond and continued to move towards the police.

The female sergeant allegedly tried to stop Ms Nowland from moving with her foot, at which point Ms Nowland allegedly looked at her and raised the knife, again causing the cop to retreat.

Sen. Constable White allegedly said to Ms Nowland: “Clare, stop now, see this, this is a taser, drop it now, drop it, this is your first warning,” the facts read.

As Ms Nowland kept walking forward, crossing the doorway into the hallway, the female sergeant suggested “maybe do the arc warning, “ which shows visual and audio queues without the taser actually discharging.

When Ms Nowland had “little to no reaction” to the warning arc and kept moving, Sen. Constable white allegedly said: “see you are going to get tasered” and “Clare, stop”.

Sen. Constable White had served 12 years in the police force at the time of the incident. Picture: 9NEWS

The documents state the female sergeant tried to block Ms Nowland from moving further but Ms Nowland raised the knife in her right hand towards the sergeant’s chest.

After he uttered the words “stop just... na bugger it,” Sen. Constable White allegedly tasered Ms Nowland from about 1.5-2metres away, with two probes striking her chest.

“Nowland, who was still partially gripping onto the walker with her left hand, has fallen backwards ,striking her head heavily on the wooden floor behind her,” the facts read.

Both police officers and paramedics rushed towards her and attempted first aid, but she was largely unresponsive.

She was rushed to Cooma Hospital with a large bump on her head and was found to have an inoperable brain bleed.

The documents reveal expert opinion was sought from a senior member of NSW Police’s operational safety unit, who inspected the scene and reviewed CCTV footage.

“In his opinion the discharge of the taser by the accused does not meet the threshold for a taser discharge in the circumstances,” the facts allege, adding they should be used on the elderly only in exceptional circumstances.

“The prosecution will allege that the accused’s actions were grossly a disproportionate response and excessive use of force to the threat posed considering Ms Nowland’s age and disability,” they claim.

Ms Nowland’s family released a statement following the release of the documents, calling them “extremely confronting and shocking”.

Sen. Constable White was suspended from active duty on full pay following the incident.

He has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault, but has not yet entered pleas.