Bettison denies 'drunken fans' Hillsborough cover-up

Norman Bettison has denied telling two men in separate pub conversations that he was part of a South Yorkshire Police internal team seeking to blame “drunken” Liverpool supporters for the Hillsborough tragedy.

He was said to have made the comments during bar-room chats in the weeks after the disaster in April 1989 which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool fans.