Former South Yorkshire police chief was on trial after new investigation and inquests
The former South Yorkshire police chief superintendent David Duckenfield has been found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter more than 30 years after he commanded the police at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, at which 96 people died.
The verdict came in a retrial at Preston crown court that began on 7 October. A first trial on the same charge, heard by the same judge, Sir Peter Openshaw, ended on 3 April with the jury unable to reach a verdict. Duckenfield was charged in June 2017 following a new police investigation into the disaster, Operation Resolve, and verdicts of unlawful killing returned by the jury at the 2014-16 inquests in Warrington.
Written by David Conn
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/nov/28/hillsborough-david-duckenfield-verdict under the title “Hillsborough: David Duckenfield found not guilty of manslaughter”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
