{"id":19017,"date":"2021-06-04T07:41:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=19017"},"modified":"2021-06-04T07:41:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:41:38","slug":"hillsborough-police-forces-agree-cover-up-compensation-for-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/06\/04\/hillsborough-police-forces-agree-cover-up-compensation-for-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillsborough: Police forces agree cover-up compensation for victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people over a cover-up which followed the Hillsborough disaster, lawyers have said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The South Yorkshire and West Midlands forces agreed the settlement earlier this year following a civil claim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Nobody has ever been convicted over police actions following the disaster, in which 96 Liverpool fans died in a crush at a 1989 FA Cup semi-final.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Three men were\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-57172900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acquitted of altering police statements<\/a>\u00a0in May.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Former South Yorkshire Police Ch Supt Donald Denton, 83, retired Det Ch Insp Alan Foster, 74, and Peter Metcalf, 71, who acted as a solicitor for the force, were accused of trying to minimise the blame placed on the force in the aftermath of the disaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul role=\"list\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-57257199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why the Hillsborough prosecutions collapsed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/av\/uk-england-merseyside-36123838\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillsborough: Remembering the 96 victims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-47697569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Timeline of the Hillsborough stadium disaster<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>They were each charged with two counts of perverting the course of justice, relating to the amendment of police statements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The men\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-56813384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went on trial<\/a>\u00a0but were acquitted of the charges after a judge ruled they had no case to answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-jt1yee-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/934\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/08AA\/production\/_105781220_hillsboro-facewall.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Hillsborough victims\" width=\"934\" height=\"824\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">Ninety-six Liverpool fans died as a result of the disaster on 15 April 1989<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Saunders Law, the lead solicitors for the group litigation, said the civil claim for misfeasance in a public office was started in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>It was agreed in April but could not be reported until the conclusion of the trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The spokesman said: &#8220;[The] victims sought justice and accountability for the deliberate, orchestrated and thoroughly dishonest police cover-up that suppressed the truth about the responsibility of the police and blamed the football supporters for the horrific events that unfolded&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The disaster at Sheffield Wednesday&#8217;s stadium was investigated by West Midlands Police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>It remains the UK&#8217;s worst sporting disaster. Many families and survivors have since led a 30-year campaign to discover how and why the victims died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>In 2012, then-chief constable of South Yorkshire Police David Crompton apologised for a cover-up following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i87\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-1pvhdts-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/7736\/production\/_118681503_mediaitem118681502.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Flowers and tributes at Hillsborough memorial\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1rnnz6t-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">Flowers and tributes were left at the Hillsborough Memorial after the collapse of the trial<br \/>\n(Image: PA Media)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>New inquests,\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-36138337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which concluded in 2016,<\/a>\u00a0found that the men, women and children who died were unlawfully killed and fans played no part in the causes of the disaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>Lawyers said the cover-up caused additional psychiatric injury to the survivors of the disaster and the families of those who died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>The Saunders spokesman said: &#8220;The settlement of these claims marks the end of an unparalleled and extraordinary fight for justice by the victims and their families.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i84\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p>&#8220;We trust that this settlement will put an end to any fresh attempts to rewrite the record and wrongly claim that there was no cover-up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-merseyside-57356486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people over a cover-up which followed the Hillsborough disaster, lawyers have said. 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