Jury fail to reach verdict over police chief accused over UK deadly soccer stadium crush

A jury at the trial of a former police chief in charge of operations at the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium crush that killed 96 Liverpool supporters failed on Wednesday to reach a verdict on whether he was guilty of manslaughter, the BBC said. The jury at Preston Crown Court failed to reach a decision on a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence against David Duckenfield after a 10-week trial, the BBC reported.

The victims died in an overcrowded, fenced-in enclosure, at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, northern England, during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The jury did, however, find former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell guilty of a charge under the Health and Safety at Work Act. (Reporting by Phil Noble; writing by James Davey; editing by Michael Holden)