South Yorkshire Police are protected by the Tory Government. This is their reward for smashing the miners at Orgreave.
This is a wee bit of the Guardian article from today.
Peter Metcalf, 72, a former solicitor for the force, and the then Ch Supt Donald Denton, 83, and DCI Alan Foster, 74, had been accused of changing 68 officersβ statements to withhold important evidence and criticisms of the police operation, and βmask the failingsβ of the force.
However, the judge at the trial at Salfordβs Lowry theatre, Mr Justice William Davis, ruled there was no legal case to answer because the altered police statements were prepared for Lord Justice Taylorβs public inquiry into the disaster.
That was not a statutory public inquiry, at which evidence is given on oath, but an βadministrative exerciseβ, Davis told the jury, so it was not a βcourse of public justiceβ that could be perverted.
Speaking outside court on Wednesday, Deanna Matthews, the niece of victim Brian Matthews, said the situation was βludicrousβ and the law was βnot fit for purposeβ and needed to change.
Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son, James, was killed in the disaster and who was the last chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, said the outcome was a disgrace.
βItβs the cover-up of the cover-up of the cover-up,β she said. βOur loved ones went to a football match and were killed, then they and the survivors were branded hooligans, and weβve been put through a 32-year legal nightmare looking for the truth and accountability. Now theyβre saying the police were allowed to change statements and cover up at Taylor. The legal system in this country really has to change.β
It was not a sworn oath legal inquiry so their was no perverting of justice, even though they changed 68 statements. The judge is saying they perverted the inquiry but not the course of justice. Because the inquiry was not there for justice but to find out what happened. Ye can see why the families would be very angry.
So the Cops and Lawyer admitted to committing the crime but admitted it at an inquiry but were not under oath at the time. So can't be used against them.
That's the same way the murdering Paratroopers walked free a couple of weeks ago.
It seems to me Public Inquiries are designed to prevent future prosecutions.
British Justice, They are known throughout the world for their sense of fair play don't ya know?