Judge rules Kristian White should remain in the community while sentence considered, highlighting case’s ‘unique’ nature

Jail is not “inevitable” for the NSW police officer convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home with a Taser, the Supreme Court heard Friday.

But Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White should not hold “unwarranted hope” he will necessarily avoid imprisonment, Justice Ian Harrison said in continuing the officer’s bail until sentencing next year.

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