Hillsborough Disaster: 'Large Number' Of Current And Former Police Officers Face Investigation

Hillsborough Disaster: 'Large Number' Of Current And Former Police Officers Face Investigation

The biggest ever inquiry into police actions in the UK is to be launched following allegations of misconduct by South Yorkshire police, West Midlands police and others in the aftermath of the Hillsborough independent panel's report last month.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission said a large number of current and former officers will be investigated over the tragedy over 23 years ago, and during the alleged cover-up afterwards.

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Margaret Aspinall, who lost her son in the disaster, reacts after the release of previously unpublished papers relating to the Hillsborough disaster.