Barry Devonside on Hillsborough ruling

Title

Barry Devonside on Hillsborough ruling

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Aug 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:01:44

Description

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Allan Green has ruled that with regard to the Hillsborough disaster – in which 96 Liverpool football fans were crushed to death – there is insufficient evidence upon which a prosecution could be brought for any criminal offence. Barry Devonside of the Hillsborough Family Support Group - whose teenage son died in the disaster - gives his reaction to the ruling, labelling the decision a whitewash. Interviewer is Graham Majin.

Contributors

Graham Majin; Barry Devonside

Keywords

Legal procedure; Hillsborough Family Support Group; Hillsborough disaster (1989); Allan Green

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