<p>A 95-year-old great-grandmother died Wednesday a week after being tasered by an Australian police officer inside her nursing home, police said.</p>.<p>Clare Nowland had been in critical condition in hospital since being shot with an electronic stun gun on May 17 in a confrontation that shocked Australians and made international headlines.</p>.<p>"It is with great sadness we confirm the passing of 95-year-old Clare Nowland in Cooma tonight," New South Wales state police said in a statement.</p>.<p>She passed away "peacefully" in hospital surrounded by family and loved ones, police said.</p>.<p>Just hours earlier, a 33-year-old senior constable was charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault over the tasering.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-australia-ties-in-t-20-mode-now-pm-modi-1221592.html" target="_blank">India-Australia ties in 'T-20 mode' now: PM Modi</a></strong></p>.<p>The policeman, who has been suspended with pay, will face court on July 5.</p>.<p>Police Commissioner Karen Webb said Nowland's family had been informed of the "serious charges", and thanked detectives for working quickly following the "nasty incident".</p>.<p>Officers had been called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in southern New South Wales by staff who told them that a woman was "armed with a knife".</p>.<p>Police say they urged Nowland to drop a serrated steak knife before she moved towards them "at a slow pace" with her walking frame, prompting one officer to fire his taser at her.</p>.<p>The incident has led to calls for a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry and the release of police bodycam video of the confrontation.</p>.<p>"The tasering of Ms Nowland has sparked a community outrage that shows how desperately we need police reform," state Greens MP Sue Higginson said this week.</p>.<p>"The refusal to release the bodycam footage protects NSW Police from public scrutiny for all the wrong reasons -- the NSW community has a right to know exactly what happened when Clare Nowland was tasered so we can start to take the steps needed for change."</p>
<p>A 95-year-old great-grandmother died Wednesday a week after being tasered by an Australian police officer inside her nursing home, police said.</p>.<p>Clare Nowland had been in critical condition in hospital since being shot with an electronic stun gun on May 17 in a confrontation that shocked Australians and made international headlines.</p>.<p>"It is with great sadness we confirm the passing of 95-year-old Clare Nowland in Cooma tonight," New South Wales state police said in a statement.</p>.<p>She passed away "peacefully" in hospital surrounded by family and loved ones, police said.</p>.<p>Just hours earlier, a 33-year-old senior constable was charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault over the tasering.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/india-australia-ties-in-t-20-mode-now-pm-modi-1221592.html" target="_blank">India-Australia ties in 'T-20 mode' now: PM Modi</a></strong></p>.<p>The policeman, who has been suspended with pay, will face court on July 5.</p>.<p>Police Commissioner Karen Webb said Nowland's family had been informed of the "serious charges", and thanked detectives for working quickly following the "nasty incident".</p>.<p>Officers had been called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in southern New South Wales by staff who told them that a woman was "armed with a knife".</p>.<p>Police say they urged Nowland to drop a serrated steak knife before she moved towards them "at a slow pace" with her walking frame, prompting one officer to fire his taser at her.</p>.<p>The incident has led to calls for a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry and the release of police bodycam video of the confrontation.</p>.<p>"The tasering of Ms Nowland has sparked a community outrage that shows how desperately we need police reform," state Greens MP Sue Higginson said this week.</p>.<p>"The refusal to release the bodycam footage protects NSW Police from public scrutiny for all the wrong reasons -- the NSW community has a right to know exactly what happened when Clare Nowland was tasered so we can start to take the steps needed for change."</p>