A JURY has found NSW Senior Constable, Kristian White, guilty of the manslaughter of 95-year-old, Clare Nowland.

White’s trial lasted eight-days in the NSW Supreme Court where he maintained a not-guilty plea to the manslaughter of Mrs Nowland, who he tasered in her Yallambee Lodge residence on May 17, 2023.

The jury handed down its decision on Wednesday, about 12.30pm. The jury delivered its verdict on its fifth day of deliberations.

White, 34, alongside another NSW Police officer and two NSW ambulance officers, attended Yalllambee Lodge in the early hours of May 17, following a triple-zero call from a Yallambee Lodge worker. Mrs Nowland was found wandering around Yallambee Lodge with a knife.

White's defence team did not contest Mrs Nowland died a week later as a result of her injuries from being tasered, but argued the officer's actions were in proportion to the risk faced.
In closing statements before Justice Ian Harrison and to the jury, defence barrister Troy Edwards SC, asked the jury to consider that multiple witnesses said they were 'scared' the knife could be used on them.

Prosecutor, Brett Hatfield SC, put to the jury that White was 'fed-up' and 'impatient'. Earlier in the trial when White was on the stand under cross-examination, Mr Hatfield asked the officer if stepping away would've avoided any risk.