A 93-year-old disabled pensioner was sprayed in the face with pepper spray before being shot by a Taser and hit with a baton by police officers, a court has heard.
Donald Burgess was assaulted by PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto after officers responded to a call at his care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on 21 June 2022.
The elderly man had one leg and was sitting the entire time, he was taken to hospital after the horrific incident and died 3 weeks later!
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