
West Mercia
Deliberate exaggeration used to justify ‘attack’ on Dalian Atkinson, jury told
A police officer accused of murdering Dalian Atkinson and a fellow Pc charged with assault have painted an exaggerated picture of the ex-footballer’s behaviour, the prosecutor in their trial has claimed. Crown counsel Alexandra Healy QC alleged that Pc Benjamin Monk and his West Mercia force colleague Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith had used their police training […] […]