Dalian Atkinson: officer accused of assault ‘lashed out’, court told
by Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#63JWE)
Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith struck former footballer with baton during police incident before his death
A police officer accused of assaulting Dalian Atkinson, the former footballer who died after being Tasered by police, likely lashed out, perhaps in anger", a court has heard.
Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 32, a West Mercia police officer, is on trial accused of assaulting Atkinson in Telford in August 2016, when she struck him with her baton three times while he lay on the ground after being shot with a stun gun by another officer.
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