jun 23, 2021 - Dalian Atkinson - police officer jailed

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"A police officer who unlawfully killed Dalian Atkinson by tasering him to the ground and kicking him in the head has been jailed for eight years.

PC Benjamin Monk, 43, discharged his Taser three times and kicked him twice in the head, leaving bootlace prints on his forehead, his trial heard.

He will serve two-thirds of his sentence before being entitled to release on licence."

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