He is expected to be sentenced as early as this week. Manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison in the state.

The state’s police force is currently being sued by hundreds of music fans who allege they were illegally strip-searched by police officers at music festivals across the state from 2016 to 2022.

Nowland’s death came in the same week that a police officer in the same state was found guilty of assault after an incident involving a 16-year-old boy from the country’s Indigenous community in 2020.

Kristian White was called to a care home in Cooma, a town about 90 minutes south of the capital, Canberra, in May 2023, after reports that resident Clare Nowland, who suffered from symptoms of dementia, was acting erratically.

“The policy and training is appropriate. The substance of this matter is about the application of the use of the equipment,” she said.

The jury found White guilty of the manslaughter of Nowland after deliberating for almost a week, said a spokesperson for the Supreme Court of New South Wales, the state where the incident took place.

State Police Commissioner Karen Webb told a news conference on Wednesday that the force was reviewing White’s employment after his conviction.

SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday.