Retired police inspector: I disagree with Hillsborough inquest findings
Video report by ITV News reporter Sally Lockwood
David Sumner, the former chief inspector of South Yorkshire Police, has said he disagrees with the findings of the Hillsborough inquest.
"All juries don't get it right and I don't think they have it right," Mr Sumner told ITV News.
The retired official, who was on duty during the Hillsborough tragedy, said he believes the jury was mainly wrong on the verdict of unlawful killing.
"The other one I don't really agree with is that the Liverpool supporters were completely innocent because they weren't - there's no doubt about it," Mr Sumner added.
He said the Nottingham Forest supporters were in the ground on time by 2.45pm on the day of the tragedy, while by 2.50pm, there were still dozens of supporters entering the ground towards the Liverpool supporters' turnstiles - a fact he suggests contributed to the disaster.
"There was a minority - and a large number in that minority - who seem to be able to think they can go when they like and do what they like," Mr Sumner said.
"They've all been asked to be in the ground 15 minutes before kick-off at the very latest. Why didn't they do that?"
The ex-police inspector maintained that the police have never tried to "blame the deceased for their own demise", saying that they have always had sympathy with the victims' families.
Mr Sumner also voiced his sympathy for David Duckenfield, the police chief responsible for opening the gates during the Hillsborough disaster.
"I do feel sorry for David and his family," he said. "Someone should have been telling him - if it was people on the ground - they ought to have been saying, 'there's a gate here, we can close it'. Nothing was said until it was too late."