Hillsborough disaster report live: victims and families ‘let down before, during and after the horrific events’

IOPC says 12 police officers would have faced disciplinary cases of gross misconduct relating to the Hillsborough disaster if they were still servingFull report: 12 police officers would have faced gross misconduct casesTimeline: decades seeking justice and changeThe report has been delivered to bereaved families in the past days. My colleague Raphael Boyd is in Liverpool to hear from some of them at a press conference shortly.But some have already told the Guardian that while they welcome the gross misconduct allegations, they are outraged the watchdog did not find more cases to answer against South Yorkshire police officers for falsely blaming Liverpool supporters.Ten were in the South Yorkshire force, including senior officers responsible for safety at Hillsborough.South Yorkshire’s Chief Constable Peter Wright, in charge at the time of the disaster, would have faced six gross misconduct allegations, among them seeking to minimise police responsibility and deflecting blame on to the victims, Liverpool football club supporters.Two other men were senior officers in West Midlands police, which had been appointed to investigate the South Yorkshire force after the disaster.Mervyn Jones and Michael Foster would have faced allegations that they “failed to investigate effectively” and were “biased against supporters in favour of South Yorkshire police”. Continue reading...