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Crown tells court non-custodial sentence for former police officer was ‘manifestly inadequate’
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An ex-police officer who “rushed” to deploy his Taser against a 95-year-old woman during an encounter at a nursing home in Cooma should be sentenced to jail time after a “manifestly inadequate” non-custodial sentence was imposed on him earlier this year, a court has heard.
Kristian James Samuel White, while a New South Wales police constable, fired his Taser at Clare Nowland two minutes and 40 seconds after being called to the Yallambee Lodge nursing home.
Hungary and Slovakia oppose measures and separate EU proposal on phasing out Russian energy imports
Did they or didn’t they? EU leaders, in the end, didn’t manage to agree on the latest proposed sanctions against Russia, as Slovakia and Hungary continue to block a deal.
The measures, the 18th round of sanctions against Russia, since the full-scale invasion of February 2022 cover energy, banking and Russia’s shadow fleet.
“We should be in a position to have an agreed package soon.”