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Charges may be upgraded following tasered woman's death, say NSW Police

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Clare Nowland (AAP/Supplied) Source: Supplied / SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE

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New South Wales police say the charges against an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman with dementia could be upgraded after the great-grandmother died from her injuries. Clare Nowland is being remembered as a loving person and her death has sparked calls for change within the police force.

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