clare nowland, who had dementia, had been in a critical condition since the incident last week.ered the great grandmother has now been charged with assault. live to the newsroom and our reporter nicky schiller. talk us through what happened. as talk us through what happened. sis you say, this happened a week ago on the 17th of may. police were called to a care home in a town around 114 kilometres south of camera. they were called to reports of a woman walking around with a steak knife at around 4.00 in the morning. she was then tasered by officers and she fell to the ground. clare nowland was taken to hospital, where report say that she had a bleed on the brain and she was in a coma. she has now sadly died. as you said, the case sparked a public outcry in australia and indeed around the world and there were calls for body cam footage of the police officer and the incident to be released but the police refused to do that and now we have had the statement from the police saying that she has now sadly died. the police saying that she has now sadl died. ~ ., s, s, , ., sadly died. w

disability campaigners saying clare nowland needed time and compassion, not to be confronted by tasersnding answers. the new south wales police force is saying a critical investigation is under way, and they are taking this situation with the utmost seriousness. dramatic scenes followed west ham's1—0 win over az alkmaar last night. clips posted to social media show the disorder as az alkmaar fans attacked an area in which west ham players friends and family were watching the europa conference league semi—final. live now to the netherlands where we can join west ham united supporters russell raphael and his son aidan who attended the match last night and witnessed these scenes. a great night for west ham, but it went wrong at half—time? it a great night for west ham, but it went wrong at half-time?- went wrong at half-time? it was full-time, _ went wrong at half-time? it was full-time, just _ went wrong at half-time? it was full-time, just after _ went wrong at half-time? it was full-time, just after the - went wrong at half-time? it was full-time, just after the end. i went wrong at ha

clare nowland, who had dementia, had been in a critical condition since the incident last week. been charged with assault. live to the newsroom and our reporter nicky schiller. a tragic development in this story. just remind people, for people who have not followed the story, some of the background here. figs have not followed the story, some of the background here.— the background here. as you say, it ha--ened the background here. as you say, it happened last _ the background here. as you say, it happened last week _ the background here. as you say, it happened last week on _ the background here. as you say, it happened last week on the - the background here. as you say, it happened last week on the 17th. - happened last week on the 17th. police were called to care home, about 14 kilometres south of cambria. they say, to reports that the great—grandmother was walking around outside of her room with a steak knife. when they got there she was tasered and she fell to the ground. the report said that she suffered a fractured skull and a brain bleed. she had been in a critical condit

this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland, who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementiasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced and that's called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a leveli critical incident. if a threshold is met where it changes from being a departmental issue into a criminal issue, we are certainly mature enough and transparent enough as an organisation to do what has to be done. our sydney correspondent, phil mercer, brought us more details on this story. two police officers were called to this nursing home in the town of cooma in the state of new south wales. it is a relatively short distance to the national capital canb