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Solicitor sought to present police in best light after Hillsborough, jury hears
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10:42 EDT, 21 April 2021
Police statements about the day of the Hillsborough disaster were changed to remove criticism that officers were like headless chickens and light on manpower , a court heard today.
Peter Metcalf, 71, who acted as solicitor for South Yorkshire Police following the tragedy at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final, is charged alongside former senior officers Donald Denton, 83, and Alan Foster, 74, with perverting the course of justice.
They are accused of amending accounts of the day to mask failings of police after the disaster on April 15, in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
Jurors at the Nightingale court sitting at the Lowry Theatre in Salford heard the alleged edits had focused on areas where the force had expected to face criticism at an inquiry led by Lord Justice Taylor.
Hillsborough police officer s headless chickens comment removed from statement
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10:06 EDT, 20 April 2021
Two police officers and a solicitor changed their statements about the Hillsborough disaster to minimise the blame on South Yorkshire Police, a court heard today.
Retired chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, retired detective chief inspector Alan Foster, 74, and former lawyer Peter Metcalf, 71, deny perverting the course of justice in the wake of the 1989 tragedy in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
They appeared at the Nightingale court at the Lowry Theatre in Salford today for the opening of their trial.
Sarah Whitehouse QC, prosecuting, told the court: The allegation is that these three tried to minimise the blame that might be heaped upon the South Yorkshire Police at the many different forms of inquiry that followed that dreadful day.
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Retired South Yorkshire Police officer Donald Denton
Two retired officers and a force solicitor tried to minimise the blame on South Yorkshire Police in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster, a court has heard.
Former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, Alan Foster, 74, a retired detective chief inspector, and Peter Metcalf, 71, a former solicitor for the force, are alleged to have perverted the course of justice following the tragedy at the FA Cup semi-final on April 15, 1989, in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
On Tuesday, a trial at the Nightingale court at the Lowry Theatre in Salford heard the defendants were involved in amending statements about the day of the disaster.
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