Police officers who tasered and pepper-sprayed 92-year-old amputee cleared of assault
Footage of the incident shows the moment Mr Burgess was pepper-sprayed
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Amputee, 92, sprayed and tasered by police was ‘suffering delirium’, jurors told
The care home called police after Donald Burgess, an amputee and wheelchair user, grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff, jurors heard.
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Police who pepper-sprayed and tasered 92-year-old amputee accused of using excessive force
Donald Burgess was taken to hospital after the incident and later contracted Covid. He died 22 days later
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Man, 92, vowed to murder care home staff before being tasered, trial hears
A care home boss said 92-year-old Donald Burgess looked ‘possessed’ before the alleged assault by police officers,
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