Prosecutors have confirmed they will seek a retrial for a police officer charged with assaulting former footballer Dalian Atkinson.
Jurors at Birmingham Crown Court failed to reach a verdict on PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith during her trial alongside Benjamin Monk.
Monk was jailed on Tuesday for killing the former Aston Villa striker during a confrontation in Telford.
The Crown Prosecution Service has not yet confirmed a date for a retrial.
Getty Images"The CPS has today informed the court that we will seek a retrial of PC Ellen Bettley-Smith for an assault on Dalian Atkinson occasioning actual bodily harm," CPS head of special crime, Rosemary Ainslie, said.