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Sky News Australia host Sharri Markson has unleashed on the NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb, calling her 'utterly hopeless' over her handling of the Tasering of a 95-year-old great grandmother. 

Despite international outrage over the incident, Commissioner Webb has refused to view bodycam footage of dementia sufferer Clare Nowland being Tasered. 

Mrs Nowland, who weighs 43kg, was Tasered after she refused to drop a steak knife while she 'slowly' approached an officer in her walking frame at the Yallambie Lodge in southern NSW about 4am last Wednesday. 

'We haven't seen any leadership on this. The Police Commissioner as you know, is utterly hopeless,' Markson said on Wednesday night. 

'Instead of showing any sense of empathy or understanding of how angry everyone is, she has suggested that police shouldn't be called to nursing homes.'