Disabled dementia patient, 93, ‘tasered by police in a care home’

Stephen Smith, 50, and Rachel Comotto, 34, are accused of assaulting Donald Burgess, 93, using a taser, spray and a baton (Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire)Two police officers have denied assaulting a disabled 93-year-old dementia patient in a care home.PC’s Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto were called out to a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea on June 21, 2022, after receiving a report a resident had threatened staff with a knife.When they arrived, the officers used a taser, pepper spray, handcuffs