Police charged in U.K. stadium disaster 96

Four Former Senior Policemen were charged sixpeople on wedesday over the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster in England which killed 96 Liverpool football supporters.
Prosecutors said there was “sufficient evidence to charge six individuals with criminal offences” including manslaughter by negligence, perverting the course of justice and misconduct in public office.
Barry Devonside, whose 18-year-old son died in the tragedy, was with other relatives when the charges were announced. “Everybody applauded when it was announced that the most senior police officer on that particular day will have charges presented to him,” he said.

The disaster left a deep scar on Liverpool and Britain as a whole, leading to a decades-long struggle by relatives of victims to hold those in authority to account.
The disaster occurred on April 15, 1989 during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in Sheffield.