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Pc Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith has been cleared at Birmingham Crown Court of assaulting retired Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson prior to his death in Telford, Shropshire, in 2016.
A police officer who struck ex-Ipswich footballer Dalian Atkinson with a baton during an incident which saw the footballer killed has been cleared of assault.
PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith was found not guilty of assaulting former Town striker Dalian Atkinson by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court earlier this afternoon.