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Daily Mirror
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Jaya Narain & Adam May & Adam Aspinall

One-legged man in care home, 93, with knife dies after being Tasered by police

A 93-year-old dementia sufferer with one leg has died after he was pepper sprayed and Tasered by police officers in his care home.

Police were called to a care home in June after reports an elderly man with dementia was threatening staff with a knife.

When two officers arrived they found Donald Burgess, 93, who was confined to a wheelchair, holding the knife.

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