Showing Hillsborough: The Truth by Phil Scraton

Paperback. Pub Date: 2009 Pages: 272 in Publisher: Mainstream Publishing. of Hillsborough: The Truth was first published in 1999 to universal acclaim The Established as the definitive unique account of the disaster in with which 96 men women and children died. Hundreds were injured and thousands were traumatised. it details the appalling treatment endured by the bereaved and survivors in the immediate aftermath and the inhumanity of the identification process. The book reveals the inadequacies of the police investigations. official inquiries and inquests. and uncovers the systematic review and alteration of South Yorkshire police statements conducted with the approval of police investigators and Lord Justice Taylor's inquiry. It also examines the subsequent private prosecution and trial of two senior police officers in 2000. Using verbatim accounts. Scraton's analysis demons...