Send dogs not stretchers ordered blundering Hillsborough chief
But the former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent, who was match commander on the day of the disaster, denied his mindset was focused on hooliganism rather than fans’ safety.
The retired officer, aged 70, was being cross-examined for a third day by the lawyers of the relatives of the 96 who died.
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Hide AdHe has already made, for the first time since the tragedy, a series of admissions about “mistakes” he made, confessed that he lied in the aftermath and apologised “unreservedly” to fans’ families.