Sussex police officers cleared of assault against one-legged 92-year-old man
by Caroline Davies from World news | The Guardian on (#6XKA4)
Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto now face gross misconduct hearings for incident at Leonards-on-Sea care home
Two police officers who used a Taser and synthetic pepper spray on a one-legged 92-year-old man in a care home have been cleared of assault but will now face gross misconduct hearings.
PC Stephen Smith, 51, and PC Rachel Comotto, 36, were found not guilty of assaulting Donald Burgess during a confrontation at Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, in June 2022.
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