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Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.

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Brimstone Report is tracking this as a curated crime & justice brief. The source report from Daily Mail says: Alarm bells sounded at the Park Beck Residential Care Home in East Sussex after one-legged dementia sufferer Donald Burgess flicked food at a worker on June 21 2022.
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- Primary source: Daily Mail
- Published: Sep 23, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC
- Coverage area: Crime & Justice
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