Disabled dementia patient, 93, 'tasered by police in a care home'

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Disabled dementia patient, 93, 'tasered by police in a care home'
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Two police officers are charged with assault.

Stephen Smith, 50, and Rachel Comotto, 34, are accused of assaulting Donald Burgess, 93, using a taser, spray and a baton Two police officers have denied assaulting a disabled 93-year-old dementia patient in a care home. PC’s Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto were called out to a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea on June 21, 2022, after receiving a report a resident had threatened staff with a knife.

But before the hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, a police watchdog claimed Burgess’ treatment by the officers did not cause or contribute to his death. Donald Burgess, 93, was a disabled dementia patient Following the incident, an investigation into the responding officers led to an evidence file being handed to the Crown Prosecution Service in June 2023. The officers finally appeared in court this week, and both denied the charges before them.

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