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Kieren Williams

Dementia patient, 90, handcuffed and put in spit hood before cops aimed Taser at her

A pensioner said to be suffering from dementia was handcuffed, placed in a spit hood and had a Taser pointed at her by cops during a shocking incident.

Six Met Police officers responded to reports of a disturbance between a 90-year-old woman and her carer in a block of flats in Peckham, South London on May 9.

But things took a turn when the elderly woman was restrained with handcuffs and even had a spit hood put on her after it was alleged she spat at one officer.

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