A police constable has been convicted of manslaughter over the Taser death of the former footballer Dalian Atkinson. Benjamin Monk, 42, faces a prison sentence after a jury concluded that he used unreasonable force when he tasered Atkinson for six times longer than standard before kicking him in the head. He was cleared of a murder charge. Prosecutors said that Monk and his then girlfriend, on patrol with him for West Mercia police, “set upon” Atkinson, the former Aston Villa striker. They were