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12:25 EDT, 10 May 2021 A court has heard the moment former Premier League star Dalian Atkinson was kicked with 'substantial force' moments after he was tasered by police officers.  David Lewis, Meadow Close resident, told jurors that a policeman was running away from the ex-Aston Villa striker 'as fast as he could' moments before Atkinson was tasered in 2016. Mr Lewis described the scene in detail, explaining Atkinson had staggered before his pursuit of a police officer saw him tasered for more than 30 seconds and allegedly kicked in the head.  A statement from Mr Lewis' wife, Janet, then...

Dalian Atkinson: Ex-footballer 'staggered' towards accused PC Published image copyrightGetty Images image captionFormer Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson died due to cardio-respiratory arrest in 2016 in Telford, Shropshire, at the age of 48 Former footballer Dalian Atkinson appeared to stagger at two police officers before one deployed a Taser, a court heard. PC Benjamin Monk is charged with murdering the 48-year-old after the exchange in Shropshire in 2016. Witnesses said they saw him and co-accused PC Mary-Ellen Bettley Smith run away from Mr Atkinson "as fast as they could" on the night ...

PICTURED: Dalian Atkinson was a former footballer for Aston Villa (Credit: Anton Want/Allsport) THE POLICE officer on trial for murdering Dalian Atkinson swore and told his partner to strike the former football with her baton as lay he injured, a jury has heard. The two officers were called to a disturbance at 1:30am in Meadow Close, Telford at Mr Atkinson’s father’s home in August 2016 after neighbours heard shouting. Ernest Atkinson recalled that his son was “not in his right mind” and recounted that he had said: “I’m alive, I’m the Messiah, and I’ve come to kill you.”

Article bookmarked Don't show me this message again✕ 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 m...

By Press Association 2021 Dalian Atkinson death Dalian Atkinson went to the ground “like a ton of bricks” when he was Tasered, moments before he was kicked by a police constable, an eyewitness has told a murder trial jury. Julia Shilton told the trial of PCs Benjamin Monk and Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith the ex-Aston Villa star changed from appearing confused to an intimidating stance before he was brought to the ground by a Taser near his father’s home in Meadow Close, Telford, Shropshire. Monk, 42, denies murder and manslaughter, whi...