Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith has been found guilty by a disciplinary panel of gross misconduct for using excessive force in the incident in Telford, following which the ex-footballer later died.
A police constable is facing the sack after being found guilty by a disciplinary panel of gross misconduct for using excessive force when she repeatedly hit an ex-footballer with her baton after he was Tasered to the ground.
Former Aston Villa striker Mr Atkinson died after being kicked at least twice in the head by Ms Bettley-Smith’s more experienced colleague, Pc Benjamin Monk, outside the victim’s father’s home in Telford, Shropshire, six-and-a-half years ago. Ms Bettley-Smith – known as Ellie – was cleared of assaulting Mr Atkinson after a trial, but the Independent Office for Police Conduct found there was a gross misconduct disciplinary case to answer for her use of force.
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