Lancashire police threatened to Taser suicidal teen, court told

Girl, 16, had been taken into care by Blackpool council, which has made an official complaint

Lancashire police threatened to shoot a suicidal 16-year-old girl on a motorway bridge with a Taser and then accused her of wasting police time, a court has heard.

The girl, identified as HT, had highly complex needs" and was living in an unregistered private children's home at the time, where staff referred to her as a wild animal".