pc mary ellen bettley—smith had struck with the bat in the court heard. telford in the early hours of the morning. his behaviour was described as bizarre and erratic. the court heard that inside the property he threatened his father and grabbed him by the throat. when the police arrived he came to the door. to attempt to taser dalian atkinson were described as ineffective. as he approached the two police officers it is alleged that pc monk fired a third taserfor 33 it is alleged that pc monk fired a third taser for 33 seconds which was described as six times longer than the standard five second phase. dalian atkinson's brother and sister—in—law were in court today. they heard how other officers then arrived at the scene. the prosecution said one source pc monk's bright but was resting on dalian atkinson's head. benjamin monk denies murder and manslaughter. pc mary ellen bettley—smith who we was in a relationship with denies assault causing actual bodily harm. they say he was entitled to use force on dalian atkinson because he was attempting to get up and

pc benjamin monk denies murder, his colleague pc mary ellen bettley—smith denies assault.alian atkinson had enjoyed a successful career as a professional footballer. later in life he had serious health problems including heart disease and acute renal failure. today a jury heard he died after being tasered three times by a police officer, who went on to kick him twice in the head as he lay on the ground. it's alleged that 42—year—old pc benjamin monk, an officer with 1a years' experience with west mercia police, struck the former footballer with enough force to leave the imprints of the pattern of his bootlaces on the 48—year—old's forehead. he arrived at court with pc ellie bettley—smith who was alleged to have struck dalian atkinson with a baton. it was five years ago that the officers had been called to dalian atkinson's father's home in telford in the early hours of the morning. the footballer�*s behaviour was described as bizarre and erratic. the court heard that inside the property he threatened his father and grabbed him by the throat. when the police arrived, he cam

pc benjamin monk and his colleague, mary ellen bettley—smith.r twice unsuccessfully. the prosecution then say that dalian atkinson died as a result of a third deployment of the taser, during which mr atkinson was incapacitated. what the prosecution allege is that the police then acted beyond reasonable force in that he was kicked in the head by pc monk, they allege, and that left an imprint on his forehead and that pc mary ellen bettley—smith beat him whilst he was lying on the ground with a baton. the trial is due to last another six to eight weeks. both of those offices deny charges of murder and assault. the uk and india have agreed new trade and investment deals, worth a £1 billion. the government says the contracts are expected to create more than 6,500 jobs here — mainly in the technology and health sectors. the official number of coronavirus cases in india has now topped 20 million. there's been no let up in the rate of infection, with more than 300,000 positive tests recorded for the 13th consecutive day. there are still reports of oxyge

dalian atkinson repeatedly in the head when he was on the ground which was unlawful and that mary—ellen bettley ground. we are hearing from more witnesses who were there that night and will continue giving evidence evidence. the trial is expected to last between six and eight weeks. the high court has ruled that relatives of a woman caught up in the windrush scandal can apply for permission to live in britain without paying thousands of pounds in fees. the court decided that charging the family application fees of more than £20,000 would be "colossal interference" in her human rights. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds gave us this update. this is linda who has been able to legally live in the uk since the 19705 legally live in the uk since the 1970s but like so many of the people caught up in the windrush scandal, was not able to come here because the home office had not properly registered her legal immigration status. she went through the windrush process and was able to settle in the uk, but she has a family, her husband, winston, and five children who live in trinidad who clearly s