Two police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old amputee while responding to a call at his care home “used force first and asked questions later”, a jury was told.
PC Stephen Smith, 51, and PC Rachel Comotto, 36, are on trial at Southwark Crown Court accused of using excessive force on Donald Burgess during an incident at Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, in June 2022.
