A police officer has been charged with the murder of former English soccer player Aston Villa and the Royal Dalian Atkinson Society, who died after being shot by a laser electric gun in 2016.
A second police officer has been charged with assault and both will go to Birmingham court this Thursday afternoon to defend themselves.
Atkinson died at the age of 48 after officers attacked him with a laser gun in the English town of Telford, in Shropshire County.
As indicated by the West Mercia police department, the agents received an alert call in the early morning regarding an incident in which the "security of an individual" was at stake.
Atkinson's family, through a statement, has welcomed the decision, but has criticized that it has taken more than three years.
In addition, he has asked for privacy to be respected and not to interfere in the process to avoid any interference or delay.
In his sports career, Atkinson militated in Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Royal Society, Aston Villa and Fenerbahce until his retirement in 2001.
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