The Gay Courier: Officers' accounts of Hillsborough disaster were changed to remove comments criticising police leadership on the day

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Officers' accounts of Hillsborough disaster were changed to remove comments criticising police leadership on the day

Officers' accounts of Hillsborough disaster were changed to remove comments criticising police leadership on the day, inquest hears

Handout photo issued by the Hillsborough Inquests of the Hillsborough football ground shown to the inquests. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday April 1, 2014. The Hillsborough disaster is "seared into the memories of the very many people affected by it", a coroner has told jurors at the fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 football fans who died. In an opening statement, Lord Justice Goldring explained the tragedy was "the worst ever disaster at a British sports stadium", when hundreds of people were hurt and dozens killed in a "terrible crush". Among the different questions the jury will have to consider is whether a decision to promote chief superintendent David Duckenfield, who was in charge on match day, was the right choice, the coroner said. Before the jury of seven women and four men was sworn in, names of each of the 96 victims of the disaster were read aloud. The disaster unfolded on April 15 1989 during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest as

Jurors at the inquest were told they would have to decide whether the changes to police statements were part of a deliberate policy to blame fans.

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