Call for barrister defending South Yorkshire police’s former solicitor to retract comments and apologise
The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool city region have formally complained to the Bar Standards Board about comments by a QC appearing to blame misbehaviour by Liverpool supporters for the Hillsborough disaster.
Jonathan Goldberg QC, a veteran barrister, defended South Yorkshire police’s former solicitor, Peter Metcalf, against a charge of perverting the course of justice, in a trial that collapsed on Wednesday. He later told the BBC that the behaviour of Liverpool fans on the day of the tragedy was “perfectly appalling … causing a riot”.
