A 93-year-old disabled man was sprayed in the face with synthetic pepper spray before being shot by a Taser and hit with a baton, by police officers responding to a call at his care home, a court has heard.
One-legged Donald Burgess was allegedly assaulted by Pc Stephen Smith and Pc Rachel Comotto, at the home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, on June 21, 2022.
Prosecutors claim the officers used 'unjustified and unlawful' force within seconds of entering the wheelchair-bound pensioner's room.
Southwark Crown Court was told on Monday that one minute and 23 seconds elapsed between the officers arriving and Mr Burgess being shot with the Taser.
Smith, 51, denies two counts of assault by using Pava spray and a baton, and Comotto denies one charge of assault by discharging her Taser.
