Donald Burgess died three weeks after the incident in hospital. A court was told the officers used a taser, pepper spray and baton on him.
Two police officers denied assaulting a 93-year-old disabled man with dementia after a court heard they used a taser, pepper spray and baton on him. Donald Burgess, 93, had dementia and lived in a care home. After a report of a resident wielding a knife and threatening staff in June 2022, PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto attended the care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex.
An Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation found that the incident did not cause or contribute to his death. Both officers pleaded not guilty to assaulting Mr Burgess. Read more from Sky News:Horses that bolted through central London undergo operationsLaurence Fox ordered to pay £180,000Prince William surprises boy who wrote to him Comotto, 34, denied a count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm through the use of her taser.
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