US EditionPolice officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered 92-year-old amputee in care home cleared of assault
- Police officers Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto were acquitted of assault charges following an incident involving 92-year-old Donald Burgess at a care facility in St Leonards-on-Sea in June 2022.
- The incident followed Burgess threatening staff with a knife for over 30 minutes before police were called by care home staff.
- Smith deployed Pava spray and used a baton, while Comotto activated a Taser, subduing Burgess in just over a minute after entering his room.
- The individual, who had a single-leg amputation and used a wheelchair, was hospitalized following the event and subsequently contracted Covid-19, leading to his death 22 days later; the officers involved were not held liable.
- The police oversight body recommended that both officers undergo gross misconduct hearings concerning their use of force and potential breaches of professional standards.
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Police officers who tasered 92-year-old man who couldn't walk found not guilty of assault - Birmingham Live
Pensioner Donald Burgess was tasered, pepper-sprayed and beaten with a baton by two police officers after he was seen poking a care worker with a butter knife
Cops Cleared After Tazing, Macing Wheelchair-Bound 92-Year-Old in Nursing Home.
PULSE POINTS:What Happened: Two Sussex Police officers were found not guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in the case of a 92-year-old disabled man who was pepper-sprayed, hit with a baton, and tasered at an English nursing home. Who’s Involved: Police Constable (PC) Stephen Smith, PC Rachel Comotto, Donald Burgess (now-deceased 92-year-old amputee and dementia patient), care home staff, and Burgess’s family. Where & When: Park Beck…
Two police officers have been found not guilty of assault on a 93-year-old disabled man at a St Leonards care home
Two Sussex police officers have been acquitted by a jury of assault in connection to their use of force on an elderly disabled man at a St Leonards care home, the force has said.
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