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| David Crompton has been suspended as chief constable of South Yorkshire police, in the fallout from the Hillsborough inquest unlawful killing verdicts. | David Crompton has been suspended as chief constable of South Yorkshire police, in the fallout from the Hillsborough inquest unlawful killing verdicts. |
| Crompton’s force had been criticised for its conduct during the inquest which delivered a damning verdict on Tuesday. | Crompton’s force had been criticised for its conduct during the inquest which delivered a damning verdict on Tuesday. |
| Dr Alan Billings, the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, has the power to take such a decision but his spokesperson would make no further comment. | Dr Alan Billings, the police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, has the power to take such a decision but his spokesperson would make no further comment. |
| The news came hours after Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, had described Crompton’s position as “untenable”. Burnham’s comments were made in the House of Commons as MPs discussed the fallout from Tuesday’s inquest verdicts about the 1989 disaster. | The news came hours after Andy Burnham, the shadow home secretary, had described Crompton’s position as “untenable”. Burnham’s comments were made in the House of Commons as MPs discussed the fallout from Tuesday’s inquest verdicts about the 1989 disaster. |
| South Yorkshire’s police and crime commissioner Dr Alan Billings said he had been left with no choice other than to suspend Crompton with immediate effect following the run-up to and delivery of the Hillsborough verdicts. | |
| Billings said he acted “based on the erosion of public trust and confidence”, adding “I suspended him with immediate effect and he left the building.” | |
| He said he acted because of the “difference of perception” between the chief constable and Hillsborough families about questions the force’s lawyers had raised about the conduct of fans on the day of the tragedy in 1989. | |
| Billings said the row was “proving an obstacle to our going forward” and came despite Crompton being due to retire in November. | |
| The announcement of the suspension came barely four hours after concerns were raised in the Commons about the force’s conduct at the inquest. |