The acquittal of two ex-South Yorkshire police officers in relation to the 1989 stadium tragedy is the final blow for campaigners

Steve Kelly, 68, was 35 when he lost his older brother Mike in the Hillsborough stadium disaster. Along with the families of the other 95 people who lost their lives, he’s spent the last 32 years fighting for truth and accountability only for it to have been denied again for the final time after two former South Yorkshire police officers and a former solicitor for the force, Peter Metcalf, were cleared of perverting the course of justice.

“I’ve given nearly half my life only to be beaten by a technicality.”

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