David Conn @david_conn BREAKING Hillsborough: Judge Sir Peter Openshaw has lifted the "stay," the bar, on prosecuting ex South Yorkshire police Ch Supt David Duckenfield; he will now be tried for 95 counts of manslaughter. David Conn @david_conn BREAKING: Hillsborough: Judge has ruled that criminal charges will go ahead, to trial, against 4 more defendants: Graham Mackrell, Donald Denton, Alan Foster & Peter Metcalf. David Conn @david_conn Hillsborough: The court hearing of Sir Norman Bettison's application to "stay" the charges against him has been adjourned, will be heard on August 21.
David Conn @david_conn Hillsborough: David Duckenfield trial for 95 counts of manslaughter, & of Graham Mackrell for alleged safety breaches, to begin in Preston 10 September.
Wow! That's a seismic shift by the establishment. It's not often that senior police officers have to face their responsibilities.
David Conn @david_conn Hillsborough: Charges against South Yorkshire police match commander Duckenfield & 4 other defendants are to proceed, a judge has ruled. There should be NO COMMENTARY on the defendants, charges or trials, only reporting of the proceedings, as permitted by the judge.
