2 police officers deny assaulting a 93-yr old amputee in care home; incident leads to death, charges of assault in Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Two police officers, Rachel Commotto and Stephen Smith, denied assaulting a 93-year-old amputee pensioner, Donald Burgess, with pepper spray and a Taser in his care home. The officers were called to a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex in June 2022, and Burgess died in hospital 22 days later. At Westminster Magistrates' Court, both officers pleaded not guilty to charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
April 25, 2024
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