Nowland,a 95-year-old great-grandmother with dementia,died in hospital a week after she was Tasered,which had caused her to fall and hit her head. She was holding a knife and was moving slowly towards officers using a walking frame,police said.
Lloyd requested to watch the footage to support her brother Michael Nowland,who is bringing the case for assault,battery and negligence.
On Thursday,barrister Raphael Perla,appearing for the state of NSW,said this should not be allowed for many reasons,including that Lloyd may be called as a witness in the criminal case and watching the video could contaminate her evidence.
Senior Constable Kristian Whitewas charged in May with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm and two counts of assault over the Tasering. His case will return to court in December.
The family’s barrister,Peter Tierney,said his client found it difficult to understand why there was “such a strident opposition” to her request to watch the video.
Tierney said his client would not be given a copy and made an undertaking to the court that she would not show the footage to anyone else or use it for any other purpose.