Oklahoma 'Taser error' ex-officer jailed for four years

A US ex-police officer who killed an unarmed black man has been sentenced to four years in prison in the state of Oklahoma.

Seventy four year-old Robert Bates said he mistakenly used his gun instead of his Taser when he killed forty-four year-old Eric Harris.

Our North America Correspondent Harry Horton reports.

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