NSW police officers jailed for assaulting woman suffering mental health episode during welfare check
Nathan Black, 28, and Timothy John Trautsch, 30, sentenced to at least three years in prison for attack in Sydney in 2023Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo police officers who punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed a naked...
<p>Nathan Black, 28, and Timothy John Trautsch, 30, sentenced to at least three years in prison for attack in Sydney in 2023</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/aug/08/australia-news-live-erin-patterson-sentence-hearing-mushroom-murders-melbourne-e-bike-delivery-riders-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Two police officers who punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed a naked woman experiencing a mental health episode will spend the next three years behind bars.</p><p>Nathan Black, 28, and Timothy John Trautsch, 30, were sentenced in the Penrith district court in Sydney on Friday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/08/former-nsw-police-officers-jailed-for-assaulting-woman-suffering-mental-health-episode-during-welfare-check-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
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