Dalian Atkinson, who died in 2016 after receiving a taser shock
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The Taser fired at ex-Ipswich Town player Dalian Atkinson was working properly in tests carried out after the former footballer s alleged murder, a jury has heard.
An authorised Taser download officer told the trial of PC Benjamin Monk, who denies the murder and manslaughter of the former Town striker, that data was downloaded from the weapon after its use in Meadow Close, Telford, Shropshire, in August 2016.
The download officer, Sergeant Michael Waterworth, showed jurors the yellow X26 model Taser, held in a clear plastic exhibit bag, while giving evidence at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday.
By Press Association 2021
Police constables Benjamin Monk and Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith
Former football star Dalian Atkinson appeared to stagger and was almost running towards police shortly before he was tasered, a murder trial has heard.
On the fifth day of the trial of two police officers accused of unlawfully attacking the ex-Aston Villa striker, jurors were told a policeman ran away from him “as fast as he could” after an initial incident in Shropshire in August 2016.
Pc Benjamin Monk, 42, denies Mr Atkinson’s murder and manslaughter, while Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 31, denies a single count alleging she assaulted Atkinson near his father’s home in Meadow Close, Telford.
May 10, 2021
Former Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson appeared to stagger and was almost running towards police shortly before he was Tasered, a murder trial has heard.
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Police constables Benjamin Monk and Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith
On the fifth day of the trial of two police officers accused of unlawfully attacking the ex-Villa striker, jurors were told a policeman ran away from him “as fast as he could” after an initial incident in Telford in August 2016.
Pc Benjamin Monk, 42, denies Mr Atkinson’s murder and manslaughter, while Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 31, denies a single count alleging she assaulted Atkinson near his father’s home in Meadow Close, Trench.
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A witness has told a trial she feared ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson was dead as a police officer repeatedly ‘stamped’ on his head (Action Images via Reuters)
A witness has told a court she feared Dalian Atkinson was dead as a police officer repeatedly “stamped” on the ex-footballer’s head.
Jean Jeffrey-Shaw told a jury she had to look away as the former Aston Villa star was Tasered, fell to the ground and was then stamped on several times, when she believed he had stopped moving.
The Crown alleges West Mercia PC Benjamin Monk murdered the retired striker by kicking him in the head at least twice, intending serious harm, while the officer’s then partner, PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, struck blows with a baton out of anger.