A former chief inspector who was part of the Hillsborough investigation reassured an officer nothing “sinister” was happening when he complained his statement had been changed, a court has heard. The court was shown a memo sent from Mr Ross to then assistant chief constable of West Midlands Police, Mervyn Jones, on May 23 1989. Retired South Yorkshire Police officer Donald Denton outside the Lowry Theatre, Salford (Peter Byrne/PA)In it, he said he had been contacted by an officer who complained a “material particular” had been altered in his statement, and he would refuse to sign it. Ninety-six men, women and children died following the crush in the pens at the match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on April 15 1989. Denton, of Sheffield, Foster, of Harrogate, and Metcalf, of Ilkley, each deny two counts of doing acts tending and intended to pervert the course of justice.

Source: The Herald May 10, 2021 12:22 UTC