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By Press Association 2021
Dalian Atkinson death
The prosecutor in the trial of a policeman accused of murdering Dalian Atkinson has urged jurors to consider five “facts” surrounding the officer’s evidence – including three allegedly showing a “convenient” loss of memory.
Beginning her closing address in the sixth week of the trial of Pc Benjamin Monk, Crown counsel Alexandra Healy QC claimed the constable had not been honest in police interviews or during his account to the court.
Prosecutors claim the West Mercia Police officer used unlawful and unreasonable force out of anger, prior to the death of former Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town star Atkinson in August 2016.
Dea-John Reid was killed on College Road in the Kingstanding area of Birmingham, last week. Today, police confirmed they had now charged a total of five people in connection with his death.