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PC's blows against Dalian Atkinson 'outrageous'

Related Topics: Dalian Atkinson, Benjamin Monk

A PC's second set of blows to ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson on the night he was killed by her colleague was "wholly unjustified" and "outrageous", a disciplinary panel has heard.

Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith beat Mr Atkinson multiple times with her baton as he lay on the ground in 2016.

A criminal retrial last year acquitted her of actual bodily harm.

In a separate police hearing, she denies excessive force amounting to gross misconduct.

Mr Atkinson died after being tasered and kicked in the head by PC Bettley-Smith's West Mercia Police colleague, and romantic partner, PC Benjamin Monk, who was jailed for Mr Atkinson's manslaughter in 2021.