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Police who pepper-sprayed pensioner, 92, over butter knife 'may have contributed to his death'
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Police who pepper-sprayed pensioner, 92, over butter knife 'may have contributed to his death'
Police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled pensioner over a butter knife may have contributed to his death, an inquest has been told.
On June 21, 2022, police raced to Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after Donald Burgess, an amputee and dementia patient, flicked his food at a healthcare worker and refused to put down the dull blade.
PC Stephen Smith, 51, and PC Rachel Com…
24 Sept, 04:53
Daily Mail
Police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia sufferer, 92, in care home may have contributed to his death, inquest hears
Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.
23 Sept, 23:02