Former West Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison.

Liverpool Council has joined the chorus of voices calling for Norman Bettison to be stripped of his knighthood and police pension. Earlier this week it was revealed how the former chief constable of Merseyside Police – who had been a chief inspector in South Yorkshire Police (SYP) at the time of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 – would have faced a gross misconduct case if still a serving officer for his role in what happened 36 years ago.

The wide-ranging report brought together the findings from years of investigations by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and Operation Resolve – the criminal investigation into the disaster in Sheffield on April 15 1989 which led to the unlawful killing of 97 Liverpool f

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