A 92-year-old care home resident in a wheelchair was sprayed in the face with synthetic pepper spray before being Tasered and hit with a baton by police officers, a jury has been told.

Two officers from Sussex Police have been acquitted of assault causing actual bodily harm after deploying a Taser and pepper ...

Paul Jarvis KC, prosecuting, told jurors during his closing speech ... he did not see that Burgess was disabled and using a wheelchair as he was focused on the knife the pensioner was holding in his ...

Prosecutor Paul Jarvis KC said Mr Burgess was sitting in his wheelchair holding a small serrated cutlery knife when the officers entered the room. They did not speak to the staff or explain to Mr ...

He poked me with the knife he was holding ... irritation and annoyance on the part of the defendants,' prosecutor Paul Jarvis KC said. Mr Burgess, who suffered from multiple health conditions ...

Drop the knife!” Smith then pulls out his baton ... Both constables pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutor Paul Jarvis KC said the constables used “unnecessary and excessive” force ...

when staff called police on 21 June 2022 after they failed to persuade him to hand over the knife, which had a specially adapted handle. Paul Jarvis KC, prosecuting, told jurors the officers made ...