Two police officers 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. Body-worn video footage of officers in the ...

Two police officers who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old amputee while responding to a call at his care home “used force first and asked questions later”, a jury was told. The care home had ...

The care home had called 999 after Mr Burgess, a single-leg amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you ...

Last year, the Howard League for Penal Reform began receiving calls about children incarcerated in English prisons who had been sprayed in the eyes by prison officers armed with a new kind of ...

Pava spray will be made available ‘in limited circumstances’ to a select number of staff at three centres holding under-18s. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's ...

The Metropolitan Police said a small number of protesters acted aggressively in a Canary Wharf shopping centre on Sunday. Police have released footage of a clash between masked demonstrators and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stephen Smith, left, and Rachel Comotto at Southwark Crown Court earlier this month (PA) Two police officers who pepper-sprayed ...