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Arrr, a copper zapped a feisty 95-year-old, now he's swimmin' with the fishes for manslaughter! Aye, what a blunder!

2024-11-27

Arrr, me hearties! A copper be findin' himself in a spot of bother, as he zapped a feeble 95-year-old landlubber with a Taser! The court in Oz be callin’ it manslaughter. Aye, who'd have thought an old sea hag could be so electrifyin’? Har har har!

Arrr mateys, gather 'round fer a tale most peculiar! In the land down under, a scallywag named Kristian James Samuel White, a copper o' the law, found himself in a pickle after givin' a jolt of shockin’ electricity to a fine 95-year-old lass named Clare Nowland. This great-grandmother, bless her heart, was merely clutchin' a steak knife whilst usin' her walker, when the officer decided to unleash his Taser upon her. Aye, it be a right silly decision that led to her tumble and ultimate demise a week later.

After twenny hours o' deliberatin', a jury deemed White guilty of manslaughter, and he could be facin' 25 years in the brig! The poor dear Nowland, who be sufferin' from dementia, was holdin' that knife tighter than a pirate with a treasure map, and yet, the prosecutor declared the Taser's use as “utterly unnecessary and obviously excessive.” Even after the officers had warned her 21 times! Aye, me hearties, it be a scandalous affair that has ruffled many a feather in the community.

In the end, the court reminded us all that life be precious, even when the mischief comes from a confused, elderly dame with a steak knife. So hoist the sails, me buckos, and let this be a lesson that not even the fiercest of grandmothers should be met with electric shock on a sunny day!

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