Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Hillsborough jurors quizzed on allegiances
Potential jurors at the manslaughter trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield have been asked to reveal their football allegiances.
Mr Duckenfield, 74, appeared at Preston Crown Court at the start of his trial. He denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans.
Jury candidates were asked whether they supported Liverpool, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday or Nottingham Forest.
More than 20 family members of those who died were in the public gallery.
Other relatives of the 96 victims watched proceedings via a videolink from Liverpool.
Mr Duckenfield, of Ferndown in Dorset, is accused in relation to the deaths of 95 people who were in the crowd at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground for the FA Cup semi-final. between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Its been a long time coming. I had friends at the game and in the days before mobile phones it was the following morning before I knew they were safe. The police screwed up on the day and 96 people died. Then they fabricated evidence and smeared the victims. This character should be the first of many to be caged.
Potential jurors at the manslaughter trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield have been asked to reveal their football allegiances.
Mr Duckenfield, 74, appeared at Preston Crown Court at the start of his trial. He denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans.
Jury candidates were asked whether they supported Liverpool, Everton, Sheffield Wednesday or Nottingham Forest.
More than 20 family members of those who died were in the public gallery.
Other relatives of the 96 victims watched proceedings via a videolink from Liverpool.
Mr Duckenfield, of Ferndown in Dorset, is accused in relation to the deaths of 95 people who were in the crowd at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground for the FA Cup semi-final. between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.
Its been a long time coming. I had friends at the game and in the days before mobile phones it was the following morning before I knew they were safe. The police screwed up on the day and 96 people died. Then they fabricated evidence and smeared the victims. This character should be the first of many to be caged.