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| Hillsborough inquests: Police told to 'blame fans' | |
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| Police officers were told to put the blame for Hillsborough on "drunken, ticketless Liverpool supporters", the inquest into the disaster has heard. | |
| Ex-inspector Clive Davis told the inquest jury he recalled a briefing given by Ch Supt Terry Wain two days after the tragedy. | |
| Mr Davis said he was told by his boss to attend the meeting as it was a good opportunity to get noticed. | Mr Davis said he was told by his boss to attend the meeting as it was a good opportunity to get noticed. |
| Ninety-six Liverpool fans died after crushing at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final. | Ninety-six Liverpool fans died after crushing at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final. |
| Mr Davis said he worked as an inspector in the force's research and development unit in 1989 and shared an office with his superior Ch Insp Norman Bettison. | |
| Police HQ briefing | |
| The jury heard Mr Davis went into work on the Monday after the disaster and Ch Insp Bettison told him about the briefing later the same morning. | |
| Mr Davis told this inquest Ch Insp Bettison had told him it would be good for the pair to attend the meeting. | |
| He told the hearing Ch Supt Wain opened the briefing, held on the fifth floor of South Yorkshire Police headquarters in Sheffield. | |
| Mr Davis said: "His words were, and I can almost remember them verbatim, that 'we were going to put the blame for this disaster where it belongs: on the drunken, ticketless Liverpool fans'.'' | |
| The inquests, held in Warrington, Cheshire, continue. | The inquests, held in Warrington, Cheshire, continue. |