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Police officer who pepper-sprayed amputee, 92, defends actions

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PC Stephen Smith has told a disciplinary hearing he would not have done anything differently after pepper-spraying 92-year-old widower Donald Burgess, who was in a wheelchair. Smith had told Burgess he would be 'sprayed or tasered' if he failed to drop a knife, and said his authoritative approach had 'served him well' previously.

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