First published on Thu 6 May 2021 12.48 EDT
A police officer accused of murdering the former footballer Dalian Atkinson told him to âkeep your head downâ as he repeatedly stamped on his head while he lay on the ground after being shot with a Taser stun gun, a key witness has told the trial.
Jean Jeffrey-Shaw told the trial at Birmingham crown court, how she had to look away in horror. She said she asked her husband why the officer had been telling Atkinson to keep his head down when he appeared to her to be dead.
Jeffrey-Shaw, who lived close to Atkinsonâs father in Telford, in the West Midlands, was giving evidence on the third day of the trial of PC Benjamin Monk, 42, who denies murder and manslaughter on 15 August 2016.
Dalian Atkinson eyewitness thought he was dead as cop stamped on his head repeatedly
Jean Jeffrey-Shaw told a jury she had to look away as the former Aston Villa star was Tasered, fell to the ground and was then stamped on several times
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An eyewitness to the alleged murder of Dalian Atkinson has told a court she feared the ex-footballer was dead, as a police officer repeatedly stamped on his head.
Dalian Atkinson: Traumatised witness thought ex-footballer was dead
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image captionFormer Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson died due to cardio-respiratory arrest in 2016 in Telford, Shropshire, at the age of 48
A witness has told a trial she feared ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson had died after a police officer repeatedly stamped on his head.
The former Aston Villa star died in 2016 after a stand-off with police outside his father s home in Telford.
PC Benjamin Monk is accused of murder, while his colleague PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith is charged with assault.
Neighbour Jean Jeffrey-Shaw told Birmingham Crown Court she felt traumatised by what she witnessed.
Dalian Atkinson not in right mind when Tasered, dad told police
On the third day of a trial at Birmingham Crown Court, jurors were read a statement given to officers by Ernest Atkinson a week after his son s death on August 15, 2016.
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Dalian Atkinson s father told police his ex-Aston Villa star son was not in his right mind .
Dalian Atkinson: Traumatised witness thought ex-footballer was dead
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image captionFormer Aston Villa striker Dalian Atkinson died due to cardio-respiratory arrest in 2016 in Telford, Shropshire, at the age of 48
A witness has told a trial she feared ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson had died after a police officer repeatedly stamped on his head.
The former Aston Villa star died in 2016 after a stand-off with police outside his father s home in Telford.
PC Benjamin Monk is accused of murder, while his colleague PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith is charged with assault.
Neighbour Jean Jeffrey-Shaw told Birmingham Crown Court she felt traumatised by what she witnessed.