Force & Frailty / Donald Burgess / PC Stephen Smith & PC Rachel Comotto
They Walk Among Us - UK True Crime
They Walk Among Us
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🗓️ 5 November 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In the quiet corridors of a seaside care home, on an ordinary weekday afternoon, a 92-year-old man sat confused in his wheelchair, gripping a butter knife he'd been using to eat his lunch. Within minutes, two police officers would arrive at his door after being alerted that it was vital for them to attend the scene quickly, as someone’s life had been threatened…
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:09.6 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:14.2 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:26.4 | In the quiet corridors of a seaside care home on an ordinary weekday afternoon, |
| 0:34.1 | a 92-year-old man sat confused in his wheelchair gripping a butter knife he'd been using to eat his lunch. |
| 0:39.8 | Within minutes, two police officers would arrive at his door, after being alerted that it was vital for them to attend the scene quickly as someone's life had been threatened. |
| 0:46.3 | We were quite astounded when we heard that he'd got a knife because we, I never saw a man that would pick up a knife and come for you, you know. |
| 0:58.1 | Donald. |
| 0:58.6 | Put it down. |
| 1:00.0 | Put it down. |
| 1:01.2 | Teaser! |
| 1:01.8 | Teaser! |
| 1:06.1 | Welcome to Season 10, episode 46 of They Walk Among Us, |
| 1:12.4 | a podcast dedicated to UK True Crime. |
| 1:23.4 | PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Komoto pull up outside Park Beck Care Home in St. Lennox on sea. |
| 1:32.6 | It was Tuesday, June 21st, 2022 at 1.15 in the afternoon. Not the sort of time officers from the Sussex |
| 1:41.1 | Police Force would expect to be alerted to a grade one incident. |
| 1:46.4 | After being directed to one of the 37 rooms in the facility, P.C. Smith enters first. |
| 1:53.9 | He sees an elderly man named Donald Burgess sitting in a chair. |
| 1:58.7 | In one hand, Donald is clasping the handle of a modified knife as |
| 2:03.0 | tightly as he can. P.C. Smith raises his voice, instructing Donald to put down the knife. |
| 2:11.4 | The request is followed by a warning that if the pensioner does not comply, he will be sprayed |
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