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Miriam Burrell

Council leader says Tasering of man that left him paralysed ‘should never have happened’

The leader of Haringey Council has said the Tasering of a man which left him paralysed “never should have happened” and incidents like it are why “confidence in the police is so low”.

Metropolitan Police Pc Imran Mahmood, 36, tasered Jordan Walker-Brown during a patrol in Finsbury Park in May 2020, and on Thursday was cleared of unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm on him following a trial at Southwark Crown Court.

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