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A police officer believed an amputee who threatened to stab care home staff had "ample opportunity" to drop his knife before he was Tasered, a court has heard. PC Stephen Smith told Southwark Crown ...
Pc Stephen Smith is accused of using excessive force on Donald Burgess during an incident at a care home in East Sussex in ...
THIS is the butter knife that led cops to pepper-spray and Taser a tragic amputee as he sat in his wheelchair, a court heard. PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto are accused of assaulting ...
THIS is the moment two cops pepper-sprayed and Tasered a 92-year-old amputee who died three weeks later in hospital, a court ...
PC Smith, 51, denies two charges of assault by using Pava spray and a baton and PC Comotto, 36, denies one charge of assault ...
Mr Burgess, who had one leg and was in a wheelchair, was then Tasered by PC Rachel Comotto, police body-worn camera footage ...
Southwark Crown Court was told on Monday that one minute and 23 seconds elapsed between the officers arriving and Mr Burgess ...
Donald Burgess was allegedly assaulted by officers following an emergency call to his care home, a court has heard ...
The court was told PC Stephen Smith emptied an entire can of Pava spray into Donald Burgess’ face and struck him with a baton, before PC Rachel Comotto Tasered the 92-year-old ...
A 92-year-old man in a wheelchair was Tasered by police after saying he would ‘get pleasure’ from stabbing staff at his care home, a court heard. Donald Burgess was allegedly assaulted by Pc Stephen ...
Footage shown at Southwark Crown Court revealed the moment which police officers pepper sprayed, tasered and hit 92-year-old ...
A 92-year-old disabled man was sprayed in the face with synthetic pepper spray before being hit with a baton and shot by a ...