Two police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct after an elderly amputee and care home resident Donald Burgess was pepper sprayed, tasered and hit with a baton.
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Constables Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto had been called to the care home in St Leonards-on-Sea in June 2022 after the 92-year-old dementia sufferer threatened carers with a knife.
Donald Burgess was taken to hospital where he contracted Covid and died three weeks later.
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