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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Police officer tasered care home resident then joked about it on Facebook hours later

Pc Rachel Comotto faces an allegation of posting inappropriate comments over the incident on Facebook - (PA Wire)

A police officer who tasered a 92-year-old wheelchair user in a care home has admitted “it doesn’t look good” that she joked about the incident hours late on Facebook hours later, a misconduct hearing has heard.

Sussex Police officers Pc Stephen Smith and Pc Rachel Comotto are facing allegations of gross misconduct that they used inappropriate force against single-leg amputee Donald Burgess at Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, in June 2022.

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