Re: Hillsborough Police Chief Verdict
There were lots of factors involved in Hillsborough but at the very least dukenfield and other officers who altered their logbooks were guilty of perverting the course of justice and should have been charged
The Taylor report summed up the situation pretty well , not the newspapers or ill informed football message boards
My mates family have to look after him day in day out , at the very least some people should have been brought to book over this
Did dukenfield cause the death of these fans by criminal manslaughter ? A jury has decided no ........but he lied about the gates to cover his back and he should face punishment for that
I don't see the point of sending a 75 year old man with a mental illness to prison but community service etc would be something
Re: Hillsborough Police Chief Verdict
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Originally Posted by
CardiffIrish2
They certainly did.
96 of them were killed because of a ****ing incompetent Police Officer
No they weren't, it was a variety of factors which is why it's not just to pin it on one man who was there that day to do his job. He did it very poorly but the decision to open the gates would have been made in an attempt to relieve crushing. In hindsight it was shortsighted and catastrophic without measures to relieve overcrowding in sections of the stand, but I imagine it's the sort of mistake that many others would make under the circumstances. To hold one man criminally liable for the deaths is a very high bar and making a poor decision under high pressure ought not constitute a crime.
Sludge is bang on though, the attempted cover up was borne of intent and not negligence.