A disciplinary hearing has opened for a police officer who struck Dalian Atkinson with her baton in Telford on the night he died. Read more:
PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith is facing a disciplinary hearing, accused of gross misconduct
But having been acquitted of related charges, she faces a disciplinary hearing via West Mercia Police.Her legal team told the inquiry she did "as she was trained to do", while the case against her maintained the force she used was unreasonable. "She denies her conduct breached standards of professional behaviour, on a fair view of this sad but terrifying incident.
Mr Atkinson started his career at Ipswich Town, before moving to Sheffield Wednesday, Real Sociedad, Aston Villa and Fenerbahçe in the 1990s.
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