Title

Hillsborough inquiry interim report

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

4 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Peter Murphy reports on Lord Justice (Peter) Taylor’s interim report on the Hillsborough stadium disaster (15/04/89) which puts much blame on the police and Chief Superintendent Richard Dukenfield who was in charge on the day. Includes Lord Taylor (Peter Taylor) press conference on the interim report-why he is releasing it; matters to be dealt with in the final report; he has no intention to apportion blame; evidence given by police; minority of fans who caused difficulties.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Peter Taylor

Keywords

Reports; Police; Association football; Policing practice; Sheffield; Football stadiums; Public inquiries; Liverpool Football Club; Disasters (events); Nottingham Forest Football Club; Hillsborough Stadium disaster (1989)

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