NSW police commissioner rejects allegation of ‘cover-up’ over Tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland

Documents revealed NSW police removed mention of paramedics, a knife and a Taser in their first statement about the incident

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Suggestions of a cover-up" over the tasering of a 95-year-old grandmother have been rejected by the New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, after the premier was forced to defend his minister's handling of the situation.

Documents have revealed that mentions of paramedics, a knife and a Taser were removed in the police's first statement about the incident, in which Clare Nowland was Tasered during a confrontation with police while walking with a frame and holding a steak knife at the Yallambee Lodge in Cooma on 17 May.

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