Hung jury in trial of Hillsborough tragedy police chief

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LONDON: The police commander at the Hillsborough football stadium disaster faces a retrial after a jury on Wednesday failed to reach a verdict over hi...

: The police commander at the Hillsborough football stadium disaster faces a retrial after a jury on Wednesday failed to reach a verdict over his role in the deaths of 95 Liverpool fans.

The match-day police chief had pleaded not guilty at the 10-week trial to culpability for the fatal crush at an FA Cup tie between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough on April 15, 1989. However the jurors at Preston Crown Court in northwest England did convict a former Sheffield Wednesday club official for failing to renew the stadium’s safety certificate.

 

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