The NSW Opposition Leader has asked the state's Premier to consider whether his Police Minister is 'up to the job' after she was caught unaware about new revelations involving Clare Nowland.
The 95-year-old was allegedly tasered inside a Cooma aged care facility on May 17 after staff called emergency services when they found her allegedly armed with a knife.
New South Wales Police allegedly covered up the tasering of Clare Nowland, 95, in its first release about the incident in a Cooma aged care facility on May 17. Picture: Supplied It was not until a story published by The Daily Telegraph on May 18 revealed the facts of the incident and that the great-grandmother was in a critical condition.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb on Wednesday stood by the the redacted release and argued Ms Nowland's family had to be notified first.
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