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IPCC: Further 74 Hillsborough police statements 'amended' IPCC: Further 74 Hillsborough police statements 'amended'
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Statements of a further 74 police officers involved in the Hillsborough stadium disaster "may have been amended", the police watchdog has said.Statements of a further 74 police officers involved in the Hillsborough stadium disaster "may have been amended", the police watchdog has said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said there was also evidence suggesting "fans' witness accounts may have been altered".The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said there was also evidence suggesting "fans' witness accounts may have been altered".
It is examining police conduct in the aftermath of the disaster. It is examining police conduct in the aftermath of the 1989 disaster.
IPCC deputy chair Deborah Glass said it needed to deliver "the last, definitive account" of the 1989 disaster. IPCC deputy chair Deborah Glass said it needed to deliver "the last, definitive account" of Hillsborough.
Inquest date New inquests
The announcement comes a year after the Hillsborough Independent Panel first reported its findings. The announcement comes a year after the Hillsborough Independent Panel reported its damning findings.
The IPCC announced it would investigate after the 2012 report revealed 164 police statements had been altered. The IPCC announced it would investigate after the panel's 2012 report revealed 164 police statements had been altered.
It said 116 of those statements were changed to remove or change negative comments about the policing of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. It said 116 of those statements were changed to remove or change negative comments about the policing of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium.
In December, the original accidental death verdicts were quashed at the High Court and new inquests will be heard after the panel found that 41 of the 96 who died had the "potential to survive".In December, the original accidental death verdicts were quashed at the High Court and new inquests will be heard after the panel found that 41 of the 96 who died had the "potential to survive".
New inquests into the deaths of the victims are set to begin by 31 March at an unconfirmed location in the north west. New inquests into the deaths of the victims are set to begin by 31 March at an unconfirmed location in the North West.