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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
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What happenedAlarm 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 splitDaily 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,...
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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