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Police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia sufferer, 92, in care home may have contributed to his death, inquest hears

Daily Express and The Sun UK describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.
The headline split Daily Mail UK frames it as "Police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia sufferer, 92, in care...". GB News frames it as "Police who pepper-sprayed pensioner, 92, over butter knife 'may have contributed to his d...".
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Right / center-rightPolice officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia sufferer, 92, in care home may have contributed to his death,...

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Daily Mail UKNews report · Sep 24, 6:16 AM

Police officers who Tasered and pepper-sprayed one-legged dementia sufferer, 92, in care home may have contributed to his death, inquest hears

Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.

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Daily ExpressNews report · Sep 24, 7:05 AM

One-legged man, 92, tasered by police in care home before death

After being tasered, the man was asked how he was feeling and replied: "I'm dying."

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The Sun UKNews report · Sep 24, 6:20 AM

Cops who pepper-sprayed & Tasered amputee, 92, ‘could have contributed to his death’ three weeks later, inquest hears

TWO cops who pepper-sprayed, batoned and Tasered a 92-year-old amputee who had dementia may have contributed to his death, an inquest heard. Donald Burgess was sitting in his wheelchair whe...

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GB NewsNews report · Sep 24, 4:53 AM

Police who pepper-sprayed pensioner, 92, over butter knife 'may have contributed to his death'

Police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled pensioner over a butter knife may have contributed to his death, an inquest has been told. On June 21, 2022, police rac...

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Sep 24, 4:53 AM: GB News joined the source map.

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