Hillsborough disaster trial collapses after judge rules no case to answer
The judge concluded there was no case fit for consideration by the jury based on any of the six counts on the indictment. By Press Association Wednesday 26 May 2021, 10:52 AM Wed 10:52 AM 28,856 Views 25 Comments
The West Terrace of Hillsborough stadium
Image: IOPC/PA Images
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THE TRIAL OF two retired police officers and a solicitor accused of perverting the course of justice following the Hillsborough disaster has collapsed after the judge ruled there was no case to answer.
After four weeks of evidence, lawyers for former chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, retired detective chief inspector Alan Foster, 74, and Peter Metcalf, 71, who was solicitor for the force in 1989, applied to have the case against them dismissed.
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The three men were each accused of two counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.
The trial of two retired police officers and a solicitor accused of perverting the course of justice following the Hillsborough disaster has collapsed after the judge ruled there was no case to answer.
After four weeks of evidence, lawyers for former chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, retired detective chief inspector Alan Foster, 74, and Peter Metcalf, 71, who was solicitor for the force in 1989, applied to have the case against them dismissed.
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