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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home

NSW police car
NSW police have capsicum-sprayed an elderly man at a Sydney nursing home. They allege he was armed with a ‘metal ornament’. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

New South Wales police have used capsicum spray to subdue an 87-year-old man in a Sydney nursing home who was suffering from dementia.

Police said the incident occurred at an aged care home in south-western Sydney on Wednesday at about 8pm.

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