Australian police officer faces charges for firing stun gun at 95-year-old woman

Clare Nowland, who took part in a skydive in Canberra in 2008. is critically ill (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)

An Australian police officer is to face charges for firing a stun gun at a 95-year-old woman, leaving her with critical head injuries, as she approached him while using a walking frame and carrying a steak knife in a nursing home.

Clare Nowland, who has dementia, is receiving palliative care in hospital in Cooma, New South Wales.