A police constable has said it was absolutely necessary to hit former footballer Dalian Atkinson with her baton after he had been tasered.
PC Mary Ellen Bettley-Smith, 31, told a jury she did it to protect herself and her colleague.
She denies a charge of assault and said she was terrified during the incident in Telford, Shropshire, in August 2016.
Her colleague, PC Benjamin Monk, denies murdering Mr Atkinson and also denies an alternative manslaughter charge.
The prosecution alleges West Mercia Police probationary constable Bettley-Smith acted unlawfully after Mr Atkinson had been tasered by PC Monk outside his father's house in Meadow Close, Trench.