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Joe Hadden

Man, 92, vowed to murder care home staff before being tasered, trial hears

Sussex Police officer Pc Rachel Comotto is on trial at Southwark Crown Court (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

A 92-year-old disabled man threatened to murder care home workers before he was allegedly assaulted by police, a court has heard.

Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, told staff he wanted to stab them and would “take a great deal of pleasure” from it, prompting a 999 call to police.

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