By
Press Association 2021
Adrian Chiles
Radio presenter Adrian Chiles has told listeners he is “absolutely mortified” that he failed to challenge a lawyer over “evil nonsense” claims he made on his show about Liverpool fans causing a “riot” ahead of the Hillsborough Disaster.
Jonathan Goldberg QC spoke to Chiles on BBC Radio 5 Live on Wednesday after his client Peter Metcalf, who was solicitor for South Yorkshire Police in 1989, was cleared of perverting the course of justice following the disaster.
During the same show on Thursday, Chiles made a lengthy apology, saying he had been a “fool” not to pick the QC up on his comments.