Ex-Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson died in hospital after being tasered in Meadow Close, Trench, Telford.
A police officer assaulted former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson when he was “no longer a threat” after he was tasered to the ground by her colleague, a retrial has been told.
England B international Mr Atkinson, who retired in 2001 after playing for clubs including Villa, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich Town and Spanish side Real Sociedad, died in hospital around an hour after being tasered.Jurors retrying Bettley-Smith were told a previous jury could not reach a decision in respect of a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
“He died in the early hours of the morning on Monday August 15 2016, after an encounter with police officers outside of his father’s home address.The court was told Monk and Bettley-Smith were in a relationship at the time of the death. But the Crown alleges that Bettley-Smith acted unlawfully after Monk discharged a third taser cartridge, causing Mr Atkinson to fall to the ground.
“In light of their evidence, do you think that having collapsed to the ground following the third discharge of the taser, Dalian was in the process of trying to get back to his feet when Ellie Bettley-Smith hit him? “But once Dalian Atkinson was no longer a threat to the officers, the justification for that use of force against him evaporated, we say.
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