Article 71WB8 Hillsborough disaster report live: victims and families ‘let down before, during and after the horrific events’

Hillsborough disaster report live: victims and families ‘let down before, during and after the horrific events’

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Frances Mao
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IOPC says 12 police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still serving

Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed, has criticised the lack of accountability.

I cannot accept or understand how 97 people can be unlawfully killed, the police can lie, and nobody is held accountable," she says.

I recognise that the IOPC and Operation Resolve have worked hard and some of these findings are strong. But it's absolutely ridiculous that so few people have been accused of gross misconduct for the lies and cover-up we've had to fight for 36 years."

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