女性（の） police officer used '過度の' 軍隊 as she 攻撃する，衝突する ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson with a baton six times before his death, 不品行／姦通 審理，公聴会 hears

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A 女性（の） police officer used '過度の 軍隊' as she 攻撃する，衝突する ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson with a baton six times before his death, a 不品行／姦通 審理，公聴会 has heard.

Former Aston 郊外住宅 striker Mr Atkinson died after 存在 kicked at least twice in the 長，率いる by West Mercia Police officer, PC Benjamin 修道士, outside the 犠牲者's father's home in Telford, Shropshire, on 15 August 2016.?

PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, known as Ellie, was then a probationary 返答 officer who …に出席するd the 出来事/事件 in the 早期に hours of the morning in Meadow の近くに, と一緒に her 同僚 修道士.

Bettley-Smith was tried と一緒に 修道士 after she 配達するd three blows from her police-問題／発行する baton, after the ex-Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday 今後 had 崩壊（する）d to the ground.

修道士, who had earlier Tasered 48-year-old Atkinson to the ground before 配達するing the kicks, was later 刑務所，拘置所d for eight years in 2021, after his 有罪の判決 at Birmingham 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 for 過失致死.

A 女性（の） police officer used '過度の 軍隊' as she 攻撃する，衝突する ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson with a baton six times before his death, a 不品行／姦通 審理，公聴会 has heard (Pictured, PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith)

Former Aston 郊外住宅 striker Mr Atkinson died after 存在 kicked at least twice in the 長，率いる by West Mercia Police officer, PC Benjamin 修道士, outside the 犠牲者's father's home in Telford, Shropshire, on 15 August 2016

She was acquitted after a retrial in 2022, but the 独立した・無所属 Office for Police 行為／行う (IOPC) 設立する there was a 甚だしい／１２ダース 不品行／姦通 disciplinary 事例／患者 to answer for her use of 軍隊 which, if proven, means she could 直面する 即座の 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 from the 軍隊.

演説（する）／住所ing the 開始 of that hearin g in Telford on Monday, Dijen Basu KC, bringing the 事例／患者 against Bettley-Smith, said 修道士 and his 同僚 were 答える／応じるing to a 999 call, arriving to find Mr Atkinson outside his father's 演説（する）／住所, and appearing 'in the 支配する of a psychotic episode'.?

The three-member disciplinary パネル盤 were told Mr Atkinson was at the time 'beset by health problems', 含むing end-行う／開催する／段階 腎臓 失敗 needing 透析 and 重要な heart problems.

Mr Basu said: 'Police were called to 報告（する）／憶測s a man was behaving very bizarrely, and frighteningly, in the street outside Mr Atkinson's father's home - he was very sadly in throes of a mental health 危機.

'Mr Atkinson was a 普通は 平和的な man in the 支配する of florid psychosis, and appeared - I 強調する／ストレス appeared - to 現在の a danger to others.'

Setting out the circumstances of the 申し立てられた／疑わしい 違反, Mr Basu said 修道士 and Bettley-Smith arrived on scene at 1.36am and after interacting with Mr Atkinson, 修道士 twice 解雇する／砲火／射撃d his Taser at the former footballer to no 影響.

On the third 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing, the Taser 原因（となる）d Mr Atkinson to 落ちる to the ground. 修道士 then 'kicked him forcefully several times' afterwards.

Turning to Bettley-Smith, Mr Basu said she had struck Mr Atkinson up to six times with her police baton, 含むing 'to his 支援する and the 支援する of his 脚s, about three times' after he had already been kicked by 修道士, in an 出来事/事件 継続している about five minutes.

PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, known as Ellie, was then a probationary 返答 officer who …に出席するd the 出来事/事件 in the 早期に hours of the morning in Meadow の近くに (pictured), と一緒に her 同僚 修道士

Bettley-Smith was tried と一緒に 修道士 (pictured left) after she 配達するd three blows from her police-問題／発行する baton, after the ex-Ipswich Town and Sheffield Wednesday 今後 ha d 崩壊（する）d to the ground

'非，不，無 of these blows was reasonable, necessary or proportionate, in the circumstances, either to defend yourself or another from Mr Atkinson or to 影響 his lawful 逮捕（する）,' Mr Basu 詳細（に述べる）d. 'All the blows were 過度の.

'This 行為／行う 量s to 甚だしい／１２ダース 不品行／姦通 存在 so serious it 量s to a 違反 of 基準s of professional behaviour so serious, that 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 will be 正当化するd.'

He 追加するd: 'We say PC Bettley-Smith struck Mr Atkinson with her police-問題／発行する baton at least six times, with at least as much 軍隊 as she could and each time, に引き続いて each strike had the time and 適切な時期 to 再評価する whether she needed to 配達する another strike.'

He 強調する／ストレスd Bettley-Smith's blow 'did not in any away 与える／捧げる to the death of Mr Atkinson', 追加するing the 審理，公聴会 was 'not about the death of Mr Atkinson'.

Mr Basu said: 'In any event we say the 軍隊 she used was 不当な.'

修道士 (pictured), who had earlier Tasered 48-year-old Atkinson to the ground before 配達するing the kicks, was later 刑務所，拘置所d for eight years in 2021, after his 有罪の判決 at Birmingham 栄冠を与える 法廷，裁判所 for 過失致死

She was acquitted after a retrial in 2022, but the 独立した・無所属 Office for Police 行為／行う (IOPC) 設立する there was a 甚だしい／１２ダース 不品行／姦通 disciplinary 事例／患者 to answer for her use of 軍隊 which, if proven, means she could 直面する 即座の 解雇／（訴訟の）却下 from the 軍隊 (Mr Atkinson is pictured in 1991)

Patrick Gibbs KC, 代表するing Bettley-Smith, said: 'She does not 受託する she 不品行／姦通d herself grossly - or at all.

'She 否定するs her 行為／行う 違反d 基準s of professional behaviour, on a fair 見解（をとる） of this sad but terrifying 出来事/事件.

'やめる the contrary is true; she showed bravery under extreme 圧力 and was in no way 責任がある the 悲劇の 結果.'

He 追加するd Bettley-Smith 'did her probationary best in 異常に challenging circumstances to 含む／封じ込める, 支配（する）／統制する and 拘留する Dalian Atkinson - a 普通は 平和的な man, who, because he was the 支配する of florid psychosis, 現在のd that night as a serious, 即座の danger to his father, the public, 答える／応じるing officers and himself'.

The officer did 'as she was trained to do' and her blows were 'neither gratuitous, nor disproportionate'.

The 審理，公聴会 continues.

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