Allegations of police abuse and looting at Hillsborough
- Title
- Allegations of police abuse and looting at Hillsborough
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 20 Apr 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:02:17
- Description
- Paul Rowley interviews Liverpool Liberal Democrat MP David Alton who deplores South Yorkshire Police allegations that fans attacked police and looted during the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89). He calls for an apology and disciplinary action and says the allegations are a smokescreen of propaganda.
- Contributors
- David Alton; Paul Rowley
- Keywords
- Police; Association football; Policing practice; Safety; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989)
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
How to cite this record
LBC/IRN, "Allegations of police abuse and looting at Hillsborough". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0029b00508005 (Accessed 06 May 2025)