A PC who repeatedly struck ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson on the night he was killed by her colleague has been found guilty of gross misconduct
Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith hit the former Aston Villa striker six times with her baton as he lay on the ground in 2016.
She was acquitted of actual bodily harm at trial but the police watchdog called for a gross misconduct hearing.
After a four-day case, the panel decided the West Mercia Police officer used excessive force.
Mr Atkinson died after being tasered and kicked in the head in Telford, Shropshire, in 2016.