Hillsborough families ‘let down’ after senior officers and solicitor cleared
Flowers and tributes left at the Hillsborough Memorial outside Anfield stadium, Liverpool, following the collapse of the Hillsborough trial (Peter Byrne/PA)
The Hillsborough families have been “let down” by the justice system after two former senior police officers and a solicitor were cleared of perverting the course of justice, campaigners said.
Former chief superintendent Donald Denton, 83, retired detective chief inspector Alan Foster, 74, and Peter Metcalf, 71, who was solicitor for the force in 1989, were acquitted on Wednesday after judge Mr Justice William Davis ruled there was no case to answer.
