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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Jaya Narain

    Police officer who Tasered amputee, 92, joked about incident online (opens the original)

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    A police officer who fired a 50,000-volt Taser at a 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound dementia sufferer later joked about the incident online using a lightning emoji, a misconduct hearing was told. PC Rachel Comotto, 37, fired the weapon at Donald Burgess, an amputee, after he threatened to stab staff in his care home with a dinner knife. Her and PC Stephen Smith, 52, attended the scene and the hearing heard Smith used incapacitating Pava spray and a baton on Mr Burgess while Comotto deployed her Ta

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jaya Narain

    Police officer who pepper-sprayed OAP 'wouldn't have done differently' (opens the original)

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    A police officer who used pepper spray and a baton on a wheelchair-using 92-year-old amputee at a care home has told a disciplinary hearing he would not do anything differently. PC Stephen Smith walked into the room of widower Donald Burgess and told him he would be 'sprayed or tasered' if he failed to immediately drop a knife he was holding. The 52-year-old officer said he had taken an 'authoritative approach' towards the vulnerable man because it had often worked for him before. He admitted he

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jaya Narain

    Police officers who tasered disabled pensioner, 92, 'lost control' (opens the original)

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    Two police officers who tasered and pepper-sprayed a 92-year-old one-legged pensioner in his wheelchair 'acted hastily, harshly and lost control', a disciplinary hearing was told. PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto used a baton, Taser and pepper spray on the vulnerable widower when he refused to put down a small dinner knife. Donald Burgess was incapacitated, handcuffed and then driven by the officers to a police station. However, on arrival his condition quickly deteriorated and he was tran

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Jaya Narain

    Police who Tasered one-legged man, 92, 'may have contributed to death' (opens the original)

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    The actions of two police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed a 92-year-old dementia sufferer in his care home may have contributed to his death, an inquest was told. Donald Burgess, a wheelchair-bound amputee suffering from dementia, was hit with a baton, before being pepper-sprayed and Tasered by two police officers. The officers had been called to his seaside care home after reports the pensioner had flicked food at staff and had refused to put down a butter knife. An inquest hearing into

  5. Article · Sep 6, 2026 · Jaya Narain

    200-year-old procession through town is banned due to wildfire fears (opens the original)

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    A traditional torchlit procession through an ancient town dating back almost 200 years has been cancelled due to safety fears. The historic event has been axed due to concerns over fires breaking out after weeks of dry weather. Now instead of flaming torches residents are being encouraged to bring battery-powered lanterns and fairy lights. The move has been taken by the Bonfire and Carnival Society in Uckfield, East Sussex – an ancient town which dates back to 1220. It has also cancelled the tra

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