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Police actions 'may have contributed' to death of tasered dementia patient, 92
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An inquest has heard that police actions may have contributed to the death of 92-year-old Donald Burgess, a one-legged dementia sufferer, at a care home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. PC Stephen Smith pepper-sprayed and baton-struck him, and PC Rachel Comotto used a Taser; after being tasered, Mr Burgess said "I'm dying."
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