Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeA police officer accused of murdering Dalian Atkinson told jurors he thought he would die when the ex-footballer confronted him. PC Benjamin Monk said Mr Atkinson told him: “I’m the f****** Messiah – your Taser won’t work. I’m going to take you to the gates of hell.”Monk, 42, who denies murder and an alternative charge of manslaughter, is alleged to have tasered 48-year-old Mr Atkinson for 33 seconds, six times the standard five, then kicked his head “like a football”. He added: “I didn’t want to hurt Mr Atkinson in any capacity. Monk said he was “devastated” when he was told Mr Atkinson had died.

Source: Daily Mirror June 02, 2021 21:17 UTC