Workplace Report April 2019

Health & safety - HSE Monitor

No verdict on Hillsborough match commander 


Thirty years on from the Hillsborough disaster, a jury at Preston Crown Court was unable to reach a verdict on police match commander on the day of the disaster, David Duckenfield. He was charged with the gross manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans The Crown Prosecution Service said it would seek a retrial.


Former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell has been convicted of a health and safety offence.

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