Police officer 'murdered Aston Villa star Dalian Atkinson by Tasering band kicking him in the head'
Ex-Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson died after being tasered three times for 33 seconds and kicked at least twice in the head by an ‘angry’ police officer, a murder trial jury has heard.
West Mercia Police Constable Benjamin Monk, 42, denies the murder and manslaughter of the 48-year-old former footballer, Birmingham Crown Court heard today.
Opening the Crown’s case against Monk, who was charged after a three-year inquiry into Mr Atkinson’s death in 2016 in Telford, Shropshire, prosecution counsel Alexandra Healy alleged the ex-footballer was tasered for 33 seconds, more than six times the standard five-second phase.
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