Hillsborough trial: police chief unfairly singled out, court told

David Duckenfield’s defence lawyer tells jury other factors contributed to disaster

The manslaughter prosecution against David Duckenfield, the former South Yorkshire police officer in command at Hillsborough when 96 people were killed in a crush, is “unfair”, his barrister has argued.

Ben Myers QC, setting out the issues on which he will base Duckenfield’s defence, said he was being “singled out unfairly”, that many other people made mistakes, and other factors contributed to the disaster – including the behaviour of some Liverpool football club supporters.

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