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According to the newspaper The Sun, the woman who lost her son with 3 months of gestation was identified as Leanne Perrett, 35 years old and the event occurred on August 8.
Thanks to several videos, including the one from the body camera of the officer who shot him, you can see the exact moment when Perrett is hit by the ‘taser’ and then collapses to the floor.
The event occurred, according to the same newspaper, because a police officer identified only as PC Hughes, he chimed in when he saw Perrett and her boyfriend Kyle Butts, 34, arguing on the street.
In the middle of the argument, the couple became aggressive with the policeman and for this reason he tried to arrest the pregnant woman. However, at that moment Butts hit him and that’s why he released Perrett.
A few seconds later, when the uniformed man had subdued the other subject, the woman got up and attacked the policeman. Reaction of Hughes was firing his stun gun.
In the middle of the judicial process, Perrett and Butts admitted to assaulting the officer and using threatening words or behavior to cause fear of violence, details The Sun.
However, lThe woman reported to the police because that assault what led to a miscarriage of her baby.
“Although there is no medical evidence to indicate that this was the direct cause, she lost the baby in the following days,” Tom Trobe, the woman’s lawyer, told the British newspaper.
After listening to everyone and watching the videos, the judge Shoman Khan justified the officer and his use of the ‘taser’ gun as an “instinctive” action and on the contrary condemned the couple, indicates the same medium.
Perrett and his partner were sentenced for the fight. The woman will pay 16 weeks in jail, while the man, 8 months, But the decisions are on hold while the two of them rehab from drugs, ends El Sol.
After the debate on the use of the ‘taser’ gun, Welsh police defended its use against pregnant women.
“No disciplinary action has been taken against the officer and the South Wales police praised the way he had acted in a difficult situation,” The Guardian newspaper reports.
The police argued that there was no medical evidence to prove a link between the discharge from the stun gun and the loss of the child.
Conversely, Rosalind Comyn, Liberty Policy and Campaign Director, condemned the incident.
“This tragic incident should cause the government to pause to consider how the increasing use of ‘taser’ weapons is putting people at risk of serious, life-altering injury or death.”He told The Guardian.
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