https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ld-verdictWe don't have a general Politics Thread right now so new thread - but this seems like big news given the controversy around it...
After the verdict, at a press conference in the Cunard building in Liverpool, where relatives of the victims were watching the proceedings via a relay, Margaret Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, said: “I blame a system that’s so morally wrong within this country, that’s a disgrace to this nation.
Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James was among those killed, added: “When 96 people, they say 95, we say 96, are unlawfully killed and yet not one person is accountable. The question I’d like to ask all of you and people within the system is who put 96 people in their graves? Who is accountable?”
Duckenfield pleaded not guilty, arguing that the disaster was caused by other factors including historic safety flaws of Sheffield Wednesday’s stadium itself, and failings by some of the other police officers. His barrister, Benjamin Myers QC, pointed to Duckenfield’s inexperience as a match commander, and argued he was being held to a “higher standard” than others.