Hillsborough police statements 'amended', inquest told

Police officers’ accounts of the Hillsborough disaster were amended to remove comments criticising police leadership or abusive remarks about fans, an inquest has heard.

Police officers’ accounts of the Hillsborough disaster were amended to remove comments criticising police leadership or abusive remarks about fans, an inquest in the UK has heard.

Jurors sitting on the inquest into the deaths of 96 football fans at the FA Cup semi-final on April 15 1989 will have to consider whether the changes were part of a policy to blame fans and deflect criticism from the police, coroner Lord Justice Goldring said.