🗞️ Police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered 92-year-old amputee in care home cleared of assault

Police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered 92-year-old amputee in care home cleared of assault

A jury found 51-year-old PC Stephen Smith not guilty of two counts of assault for using Pava spray and a baton. PC Rachel Comotto, 36, was found not guilty of one count of assault for deploying her Taser.

Two police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled man at a care home have been cleared of assault. PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto went on trial over the incident involving Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheel... [1778 chars]

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Source: Sky News