Saturday, March 16, 2019

Duckenfield (and Soldier From More Than A Generation Ago) - Victims of 'breathtaking unfairness'.

The case against Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield is "breathtakingly unfair" as he was an "excellent police officer" taking the blame for others, a court has heard.
Benjamin Myers, defending Duckenfield, 74, addressed the jury at Preston Crown Court in his closing speech on Friday.
He said the stadiums and a sport plagued by hooliganism in the 1970s and 1980s were a "world away" from the football of today. Telegraph.

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