Hillsborough disaster police statements were changed, court hears

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 semi-final, is charged alongside former senior officers Donald Denton, 83,…

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