Officers Sacked After Tasing and Pepper-Spraying Disabled Pensioner
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- PC Stephen Smith, 52, and PC Rachel Comotto, 37, were dismissed following a disciplinary hearing into their treatment of Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee.S2
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Officers Sacked After Tasing and Pepper-Spraying Disabled Pensioner
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Two police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed disabled pensioner, 92, in care home are sacked for using 'excessive force'
PC Stephen Smith, 52, and PC Rachel Comotto, 37, were dismissed following a disciplinary hearing into their treatment of Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee.
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- Internewscast Internewscast Two police officers who pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton and used a… This Post: Officers Sacked After Tasing and Pepper-Spraying Disabled Pensioner first appeared on InternewscastS1
- PC Stephen Smith, 52, and PC Rachel Comotto, 37, were dismissed following a disciplinary hearing into their treatment of Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee.S2
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