Police officer cleared of assaulting ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson before he died
Police officer cleared of assaulting ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson before he died
Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith has been cleared of assaulting Dalian Atkinson before he died (Picture: SWNS/ PA)
PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith has been cleared of assaulting retired Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson.
Pc Bettley-Smith was acquitted after jurors rejected prosecution claims that she ‘lashed out’ in anger at Mr Atkinson before his death in 2016.
Atkinson, 48, was killed after being…