Article 6CCCJ Officer who Tasered vulnerable man six times in Greater Manchester sacked

Officer who Tasered vulnerable man six times in Greater Manchester sacked

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Mark Brown North of England correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6CCCJ)

Disciplinary panel rules PC Phillip Smith's actions were excessive and gratuitous

A police officer who Tasered a vulnerable man six times has been sacked after a disciplinary panel ruled his actions were excessive and gratuitous.

PC Phillip Smith was part of a group of officers responding to reports of concern for the welfare of a suicidal man at his home in Dukinfield, near Manchester, in June 2018.

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