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Dalian Atkinson: Jury fails to reach decision about second officer

Jurors have failed to reach a decision about whether a PC assaulted footballer Dalian Atkinson during his arrest in 2016.

PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 31, denied assaulting him with her baton after he had been tasered saying her actions were necessary to stop him from getting up.

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