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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ellie Crabbe

Man who fell from wall after being tasered by police now confined to wheelchair

Metropolitan Police officer Pc Liam Newman arriving at Southwark Crown Court, south London, where he is charged with GBH, after tasering Leonard Sandiford, who then fell off an outbuilding and was left with life-changing injuries in Woodford Green, east London, on April 24 2022. Picture date: Monday January 5, 2026. - (PA Wire)

A man who fell from a wall after being tasered by a police officer is now confined to a wheelchair, a court has been told.

Leonard Sandiford was running away from police in Woodford Green, east London, when he reached a cul-de-sac and climbed on to an outbuilding.

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