In a shocking case that has stirred public outrage, two police officers have denied assaulting a 93-year-old dementia patient residing in a care home, despite deploying a Taser, incapacitant spray, handcuffs, and a baton on the elderly individual.
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Pc Stephen Smith, aged 50, and Pc Rachel Comotto, aged 34, faced charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at London’s Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The incident occurred at Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea on June 21, 2022, following reports of a resident, Donald Burgess, threatening staff with a knife.
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