Two police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled man have been cleared of assault.
PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto went on trial over the incident involving Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee, at Park Beck care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on 21 June 2022.
Smith, 51, denied with two counts of assault by using Pava spray and a baton, and Comotto denied one charge of assault by discharging her Taser.
They were found not guilty following a trial at Southwark Crown Court.
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