The IOPC said Bettley-Smith has a case to answer for gross misconduct for her use of force, a discipline charge that could see her sacked. On 15 August 2016, police were called to a disturbance with Atkinson acting in an erratic and out of character fashion having gone to Meadow Close, Telford, where his father lived. He was pronounced dead within 70 minutes. One witness said that when Atkinson was kicked while on the ground his head had snapped back. Monk had been previously found by a police disciplinary hearing in 2011 to have committed gross misconduct but was allowed to remain an officer and given a stun gun.Ītkinson was kicked with such force that his blood was found in the laces of Monk’s police-issued boots, and imprints from them were found on the forehead of the former Aston Villa striker. The family pointed out that while Floyd’s death came after Atkinson’s, the officer involved was tried and convicted within a year. The case attracted comparisons to George Floyd’s killing by police in the US, with excessive violence resulting in death. Last June PC Benjamin Monk was convicted of Atkinson’s manslaughter, and is now serving an eight-year sentence. “Six years is far too long for any grieving family to have to wait to achieve closure… Delay in getting accountability for bereaved families under our criminal justice system is unacceptable: the IOPC and the CPS must do better.”
Not a day has gone by since Dalian’s death in August 2016 when we haven’t thought that if it hadn’t been for the actions of the police, he might still be with us now.
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The trial of PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, who was accused of beating Atkinson with a baton, ended on Wednesday with her acquittal, meaning legal restrictions covering the case no longer apply.Īfter the conclusion of the criminal cases, Atkinson’s family told the Guardian of their pain, exacerbated by the time it had taken: “Whilst we are disappointed in today’s verdict, it brings an end to legal processes which have lasted over six years.
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