and now this trial here at preston crown court today which has resulted in this not guilty gross negligenceckenfield walks free from court but it also means that nobody will 110w but it also means that nobody will now face jailfor the but it also means that nobody will now face jail for the deaths of those 95 innocent liverpool football fans. we have had a statement from david duckenfield's legal team which i will read to you. it says david is, of course, relieved thejury i will read to you. it says david is, of course, relieved the jury has found him not guilty however, his thoughts and some of these remain with the families of those who lost their loved ones. he understands the public interest in this case but would asked that his privacy and that of his family's respected and will not be commenting further. fiona trott at preston crown court, thank you very much. we can speak now to richie grieves. you survived that terrible day. it must be very difficult to endure yet again another frustration for you. everyone was shocked, but we have had 20 years of being let down by the establishment

thank you very much, preston crown court. s not doing his job on the day. he should have been in that control blocks, 12 o'clock, monitoring the pens and the outside pens and watching the fans coming in. —— 2.10pm. he had the safety of the fans coming into that ground that day. but he was not there because he was somewhere where he should not have been. it has been another show trial, if it was not for us families, there would not be half the evidence in there, and, do you know what, i am so proud of the families because without us families, we would not even have got a retrial. defensor david duckenfield was a retrial. defensor david ducke nfield was unfairly a retrial. defensor david duckenfield was unfairly selected for prosecution. no, this was my argument from the beginning, i have a lwa ys argument from the beginning, i have always believed there are more people who should have been on trial andi people who should have been on trial and i said that. what i feel is, david duckenfield should be held accountable for his act

the history of hillsborough has hung heavily over proceedings here at preston crown court.stened to countless legal deliberations over the years, have found it hard to do so again. duckenfield was charged with the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 people. but it's widely known that 96 fans died as a result of that day. under the law at the time, he couldn't be prosecuted for the manslaughter of tony bland, as he died more than a year and a day after the disaster. only three of those bereaved by the disaster gave evidence. barry devonside recalled how he witnessed the crush that led to the death of his 18—year—old son christopher. dolores steele compared the scene that unfolded to a battleground, and told how her husband had to identify the body of their 15—year—old son, philip. jenni hicks, who lost both her teenage daughters, sarah and victoria, sat and listened as her ex—husband trevor told the court their heartbreaking story. i obviously felt for trevor, having to relive that experience, and it took me right back to the day, to some of the emotions that i had then, so

david duckenfield, who's 75, was cleared after a seven—week retrial at preston crown court. victims gave a news conference. here's the chair of the hillsborough family support group, margaret aspinall, whose son james was killed in the crush. ido i do not blame the ipc for what went wrong today. i do not blame even the ground prosecution. i blame the system that is so morally wrong within this country. that is a disgrace to this nation. when 96 people — they say 95, we say 96 — we re people — they say 95, we say 96 — were unlawfully killed. and yet not one person is accountable. the question i'd like to ask all of you... are there people in the system who put the 96 in their graves? who is a accountable for the 96 unlawfully killed? what a disgrace this has been today. and what a shame on this country of ours. i feel so embarrassed to say thatis ours. i feel so embarrassed to say that is the system within our country. i'm really angry. i've tried to be calm for the sake of these families who have suffered so much. but 30 odd years, they've suffered, they've gone through hell

judith moritz has been at preston crown court.that they almost feel like they've gone backwards legally because four years ago the inquestjury at warrington found the 96 people who died at hillsboro were unlawfully killed. now the family say they've been left without an answer in the criminal court here as to was responsible. it was a moment of history when the verdict was handed down this afternoon, a moment of history and for a long history for a disaster that lasted for three decades. david hugged his wife, but the hillsboro families let out audible cries. one woman got to her feet and addressed thejudge saying, i woman got to her feet and addressed the judge saying, i want to know who killed my father. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed is not in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people are found to be unlawfully killed to a credible standard by an inquestjury, and somebody

our north of england correspondent judith moritz has been at preston crown court.a decisive moment in the very long history of hillsborough and inside courtroom number one here, some of the families were in tears while they waited for the verdict to arrive such as the anxiety and tension they we re such as the anxiety and tension they were feeling. when david duckenfield was found not guilty, he hugged his wife but there were loud sobs from the public gallery and the daughter of one hillsborough vic rose to her feet and shouted at the judge, i wa nt to feet and shouted at the judge, i want to who is responsible for my father's death. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed isn't in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people have found to have been unlawfully killed to a criminal standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths, it's the biggest sporting disaster in british legal his

our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is at preston crown court. is was a decisive moment in the very long history of hillsborough. inside court room number one here, some of the families were in tears while they waited for the verdict to arrive, such was the anxiety and tension they were feeling. when david duckenfield was found not guilty, he hugged his wife, but there were loud sobs from the public gallery, and the daughter of one hillsborough victim rose to herfeet the daughter of one hillsborough victim rose to her feet and shouted at thejudge, i want victim rose to her feet and shouted at the judge, i want to know who is responsible for my father's death. david duckenfield has been a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed isn't in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people have found to have been unlawfully killed to a criminal standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths, it's the th

judith moritz is at preston crown court.d, some of the family is said to me that they almost feel like they have gone backwards, legally, because four years ago, the inquest jury because four years ago, the inquest jury at warrington found that 96 people who died at hillsborough we re 96 people who died at hillsborough were unlawfully killed, now the family that they have been left without an answer in criminal court as to who it was that was responsible. a moment of history when the verdict was handed down this afternoon, a moment of history and a very long history in a disaster which for some has lasted for three decades. david duckenfield hugged his wife but the hillsborough families let out audible cries. one woman got to her feet and addressed thejudge, saying, "i want to know who killed my father". david duckenfield has been a plane figure for 30 years, in charge of hillsborough when disaster happened, that he failed is not in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough fa

judith moritz is at preston crown court.n a blame figure for 30 years, in charge at hillsborough when disaster happened. that he failed is not in dispute but his trial ended with a not guilty verdict, and with tears for the hillsborough families. 96 people are found to be unlawfully killed to a credible standard by an inquestjury, and somebody has got to be held responsible for 96 deaths. it's the biggest sporting disaster in british legal history. all of the families, loved ones, were unlawfully killed, and we've got to live with, well, who is accountable for the deaths, then? the hillsborough families say that over 30 years, opportunities have been missed to prosecute the full number of people and institutions which could have been held responsible for the disaster. with this trial, the jurors only had one man to consider, and they were not willing to make him solely responsible for the deaths. in 1989, liverpool played nottingham forest in an fa cup semifinal. commentator: liverpool's faithful followers, fed on success in

supporters at the fa cup semi—final in 1989. 0ur north of england correspondentjudith moritz is at preston crown courthas well, thejury has heard well, the jury has heard seven weeks of evidence. today, thejudge finished his summing up of the case. they were sent out to begin their deliberations and they will have to examine the case of cheap super into and david duckenfield. he was in charge of policing at hillsborough backin charge of policing at hillsborough back in 1989 when liverpool played nottingham forest in an fa cup semifinal. 96 liverpool fans died on the terraces there when they became overcrowded. david duckenfield is charged with the manslaughter of 95 of them, the 96 victim, tony bland, died nearly four years later, it was too late in law to be included in the prosecution. the prosecution say david duckenfield's failings were extraordinarily bad and substantially contributed to the deaths. they say he bears a personal responsibility for them. but his defence team, in the country, say that he has been unfairly singled out for prosecution, that he has been made a target of blame, and they

danjohnsonjoins us live now from the preston crown court. outside the stadium, to relieve the pressure of the crowd that had built up pressure of the crowd that had built up outside the ground and he admitted that he didn't really understand the full consequences of that, that that would prompt a surge of people through onto the terraces close to the pitch which is where the 96 victims of the hillsborough disaster were crushed. but he said it was a decision he had to make in a moment of crisis, an emergency, to relieve the pressure to save lives outside the ground and the judge in summing up today has said that they will have two consider all the other elements that were at play here, the design of the ground, things that mr duckenfield couldn't be held accountable for. the fact he had only taken over as match commander three weeks before and he has admitted the gaps in his own knowledge and experience but has said he tried to make the best decision he could. he said with the benefit of hindsight he wished he had done things differently, sai