Six people, including a solicitor, have been charged with criminal offences in relation to the Hillsborough disaster, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed.
The six are: David Duckenfield, Match Commander for South Yorkshire Police on the day of the disaster in 1989; Graham Henry Mackrell, Sheffield Wednesday Football Club's company secretary and safety officer at the time of the disaster; Peter Metcalf, the solicitor acting for the South Yorkshire Police during the Taylor Inquiry and the first inquests; former Chief Superintendent Donald Denton of South Yorkshire Police; former Detective Chief Inspector Alan Foster of South Yorkshire Police; and Norman Bettison, a former officer with South Yorkshire Police and subsequently Chief Constable of Merseyside and West Yorkshire Police.
The defendants, other than David Duckenfield, will appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court on 9 August 2017.
On 15 April 1989, 96 Liverpool fans were killed as the result of overcrowding in the central pens at the Leppings Lane end of the Hillsborough football stadium.
