Blind stroke victim to sue police after being ‘tasered’

A blind stroke victim who was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser stun gun by a police officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword is launching a compensation bid.

Colin Farmer, 62, collapsed to the ground in shock and believed he might be dying from another stroke.

The blunder happened after reports were received of a man walking through the town centre of Chorley, Lancashire, in north-west England, with a martial arts weapon.