Retired Judge sparks fury over 'insensitive' Hillsborough comments

A former judge has controversially called on the Liverpool families involved in the Hillsborough disaster to behave more like the relatives of victims of the Bradford City stadium disaster.

In an ill-advised letter to The Times, Sir Oliver Popplewell, who chaired the public inquiry into the 1985 fire at the Valley Parade stadium that killed 56 people, argued:

"The citizens of Bradford behaved with quiet dignity and great courage.

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