Dalglish quizzed over Hillsborough

Kenny Dalglish has been questioned at the inquests into the Hillsborough disaster about the behaviour of Liverpool fans and hooliganism.

The former Anfield player and manager was quizzed about what he had written in his autobiography on ticketless fans “bunking in” to games, by John Beggs QC, who represents former Hillsborough match commander Superintendent David Duckenfield, of South Yorkshire Police.

In sometimes fractious courtroom exchanges, involving coroner Lord Justice Goldring and other lawyers, Mr Beggs repeatedly tried to ask the witness about hooliganism and a “cohort” of Liverpool fans who were “prone” to violence, drinking heavily and trying to get into football grounds without tickets, “before, during and after” the Hillsborough disaster, the court heard.