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Police who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia patient, 92, 'may have contributed to his death'
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PC Stephen Smith pepper-sprayed Donald Burgess and hit him with his baton, before PC Rachel Comotto shot the 92-year-old with her Taser at a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
- PC Stephen Smith pepper-sprayed Donald Burgess and hit him with his baton, before PC Rachel Comotto shot the 92-year-old with her Taser at a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
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- Police who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia patient, 92, 'may have contributed to his death'
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- Center: PC Stephen Smith pepper-sprayed Donald Burgess and hit him with his baton, before PC Rachel Comotto shot the 92-year-old with her Taser at a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
- Right: Coverage gap: Currently unaddressed by verified outlets on this side of the spectrum.
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