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LONDON (Reuters) - A police officer has been charged with murder after the 2016 death of former English Premier League striker Dalian Atkinson, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said in a statement on Thursday.
An alternative charge of unlawful act manslaughter was also put forward.
