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Spencers hit right notes By KAREN FORMAN FOR 40 years, Leslie and Allan Spencer have been imparting their musical talents and passion onto eager locals. The Spencers are highly regarded for their teaching skills and community first approach. Allan’s dad once told him that the only musician making money from music was ‘the bloke at the railway station – and you can see because there are coins in his guitar case’. A banker, he wasn’t all that keen on his son pursuing a career in music, but 50 or so years on, it would be fair to say that Allan’s career choice has worked out pretty well. After years teaching music, playing in ensembles with equally music-addicted ‘best friend and wife’ Leslie, and opening a music school and store in Cooma, Allan has gone full circle – right back to that busking idea of his dad’s.
PASSION: Leslie and Allan Spencer recently celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary. The music loving couple is highly regarded in the Snowy Monaro community. PHOTO: Karen Forman
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Clare’s love for family, community remembered Family speak of ‘grief’, ‘anger’: White’s sentencing hearing By NATHAN THOMPSON FAMILY members of Clare Nowland have spoken of her love for others, sense of adventure and quick-wit, during the sentencing hearing for NSW senior constable Kristian White. Eleven family members of Mrs Nowland had victim impact statements read out in the NSW Supreme Court
on Friday, telling the court of their ‘anger’ and ‘grief ’ following the death of the 95-year-old great-grandmother. White was convicted of Mrs Nowland’s manslaughter by a jury in November 2024. His trial lasted eight days in the NSW Supreme Court where he maintained a not-guilty plea to the manslaughter of Mrs Nowland, who he tasered in her Yallambee Lodge residence
on May 17, 2023. “Mum was an incredible person and a wonderful mother,” daughter, Lesley Lloyd, told the court. Mrs Nowland’s family said the incident has changed their lives. With White present in the court, they spoke of the difficulty of seeing the now sacked police officer around Cooma. “It makes me angry that I
see Kristian White around town (Cooma),” Mrs Nowland’s grand-daughter, Clare Aitchison, said. “Since the morning (Mrs Nowland was tasered) my life has changed. “We were robbed of being able to say a proper goodbye.” White has been on bail since he tasered Mrs Nowland. When listening to submissions from the Crown
and the defence, Judge Ian Harrison remarked the situation could have been different had someone offered Mrs Nowland a ‘cup of tea and a bun’. White’s sentencing hearing will continue at a later date with Judge Harrison indicating his decision would take much consideration. White remains on bail.
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