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Bodybuilder dies after police blast him three times with a Taser gun

Friday, August 19, 2011 , Posted by HTMZ.COM at 9:38 AM




A bodybuilder is believed to be the first person in Britain to have died from a police Taser after officers shot him three times with the powerful 50,000-volt gun.

Father-of-two Dale Burns, 27, was confronted by up to eight officers after they were called to reports of a disturbance at his bedsit in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage but when he refused to calm down officers used pepper spray before one fired at him three times in quick succession.

His [rip] reopened the debate on the controversial use of Tasers amid calls for a radical overhaul of their use.

Human rights group Amnesty International said the weapon, introduced in the UK in 2004, should only ever be used in situations where there is a 'very real threat of loss of life'.

Last night the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) launched an investigation into the arrest and [rip] of Mr Burns at his block of flats.

They will also examine claims that Mr Burns had been using steroids and whether that may have played a part in his [rip].

Friends at his gym dismissed the claims as untrue.

Mr Burns, who regularly competed in national and regional bodybuilding competitions, moved into his flat in the last few months after splitting up from the mother of his younger child.

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