Two police officers who used a Taser and synthetic pepper spray on a one-legged 92-year-old man have been cleared of assault. Pc Stephen Smith, 51, and Pc Rachel Comotto, 36,
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A 92-year-old amputee who was sprayed and tasered by police officers after he threatened care home staff with a knife was “suffering delirium”, a jury was told. Pc Stephen Smith,
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Police joked about using a full can of Pava spray on a 92-year-old care home resident who had just been tasered and arrested, a court has heard. Jurors were shown
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A 92-year-old disabled man threatened to murder care home workers before he was allegedly assaulted by police, a court has heard. Donald Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, told
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The death of a 91-year-old man, on the same night as two other elderly residents in a care home, is thought to be unnatural, Dorset Police said. He was found
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Health and social care ministers are due to meet with care home workers who feel “abandoned” after Covid. On Thursday, union GMB Scotland’s care home workers will protest outside the
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Three people have died amid a listeria outbreak linked to desserts supplied to NHS hospitals and care homes. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed it has been investigating five
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A care home boss should have told staff not to jump in a pool before a man with Down’s syndrome died when his carer “landed on him”, an inquest has
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An estimate suggesting thousands of care workers have come to the UK in recent years under sponsors whose licences were later revoked is said to demonstrate the exploitation in a
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Higher care provider fees and stretched council budgets are leading to a “doom loop” for adult social care where there is less help available for those in need, a report
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