PC Benjamin Monk, accused of murdering ex-footballer, said to have falsely justified use of excessive force
The police officer accused of murdering Dalian Atkinson lied and exaggerated the danger the former footballer posed in a late-night confrontation and concocted a false story with his then lover to justify his excessive force, a court has heard.
PC Benjamin Monk, 43, denies that his firing of a stun-gun current into Atkinson for 33 seconds and then kicking him at least twice in his head amounts to murder or manslaughter.
