Hillsborough

[Charly]

Duckenfield is responsible for the 96 deaths, and has had to live with that, and will probably be convicted. But the cover up, and deflection of blame onto the fans... that cannot be ignored and should always have been the focus of any prosecutions.

There is surely enough evidence elsewhere of the coverup from the rank and file police who have admitted that they were told to change their stories. Even these conflicting stories sound like they have been engineered as another coverup.

[brightred]

I'm not from Liverpool so was initially hesitant to comment on this.

The radio news report I was listening to said that the case was dropped because two witnesses changed their story and a third died. I'm reluctant to comment on that but it sounds a bit strange?

[poorscousertommy]

Duckenfield will face manslaughter charge after his appeal has been kicked out. Tftf

[Buzzo]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-46878778

Match commander David Duckenfield's "extraordinarily bad" failures contributed to the deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough, a court has heard.

The former chief superintendent, 74, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool supporters at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final.

Ex-Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell, 69, is charged with safety offences.

The jury was sworn in earlier.

Opening the case at Preston Crown Court, prosecutor Richard Matthews QC told the court the youngest of the victims had been 10-year-old Jon-Paul Gilhooley.

Of 96 people who died as a result of injuries sustained at the ground, Mr Matthews said, 94 died on the same day.

'Substantial contribution to deaths'
Lee Nicol, 14, died two days later and Tony Bland, who suffered "terrible brain damage" was in a permanent vegetative state until his death in March 1993, jurors heard.

Under the law at the time, there can be no prosecution for the death of the 96th victim, Tony Bland, as he died more than a year and a day after his injuries were caused.

"Each of the 96 was a Liverpool FC supporter who had travelled to Sheffield to enjoy the ticket-only FA Cup semi-final," Mr Matthews said.

"Each was an individual who formed part of what was the anticipated 50,000 crowd of spectators, whose attendance, entry and accommodation at the Hillsborough Stadium should have been properly planned for and safely facilitated."

He added: "It is the prosecution's case that David Duckenfield's failures to discharge this personal responsibility were extraordinarily bad and contributed substantially to the deaths of each of those 96 people who so tragically and unnecessarily lost their lives.

Former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent Mr Duckenfield, from Bournemouth, was the police officer in charge at the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.

Jurors were selected from a panel of 29.

On Monday, Judge Sir Peter Openshaw told 100 potential jurors the trial could last up to four months and warned them not to research the disaster on the internet.

They were asked if they recognised either defendant and to fill out a form asking if close family members or friends had ever worked for any criminal justice agency.

After completing the questionnaires, 68 panel members were excused from serving on the jury.

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Jury has retired to considered their verdicts.[emoji1696]

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[Red_Polo]

Hillsborough jury given majority direction

The Hillsborough jury at Preston Crown Court cannot reach unanimous verdicts and has been told to consider majority verdicts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-47777593

[Red_Polo]

Hillsborough jury fails to reach verdict in Duckenfield case

No verdict against ex-police chief but club safety officer found guilty on charge of breaching safety duty

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/03/hillsborough-jury-fails-to-reach-verdict-in-duckenfield-case

[Shaggy]

Does this mean a retrial?

[Red_Polo]

Does this mean a retrial?

Will be a mistrial, whether it's tried again or not is up in the air I believe

[Red_Polo]

[ame]https://twitter.com/david_conn/status/1113404545563074566[/ame]

[Assassin]

https://twitter.com/david_conn/statu...04545563074566

Good news

[Charly]

TBH, I think this is a distraction from all the stuff that came afterwards. He was clearly incompetent, but who put him in that position, and then tried to cover it up?

I havent followed it as closely as most of you. Will we see any prosecutions for the coordinated lies and evil **** that followed?

[fidget]

Never

[rodo]

never in doubt

[rodo]

imagine the non copper getting found guilty