David Duckenfield's 'lack of emotion' in court down to suffering PTSD

Jurors in the trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield hasbeen told there may be a "medical explanation" for why he has shown no emotion throughout the case.

The retired Chief Superintendent, 75, denies the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool supporters who died in the crush on the terrace at the FA Cup semi-final on April 15 1989.

At Preston Crown Court on Friday, Judge Sir Peter Openshaw directed the jury not to draw an adverse inference from the demeanour of Duckenfield, who was sitting in the well of the court.

Mrs Steele told the court she had been sitting in the West Stand of the stadium with her husband Les while Philip and his brother Brian, 13, had standing tickets for the terraces below them.

She said she knew something was "wrong" in the central pens of the terrace,and later saw fans being carried onto the pitch and an ambulance arriving.

The court heard she and her husband found Brian in the concourse of the ground but did not find Philip until they identified his body in the gymnasium at about 9.30pm.

Ninety-six men, women and children died in the disaster but, under the law at the time, there can be no prosecution for the death of the 96th victim of the disaster, Anthony Bland, as he died more than a year and a day after hisinjuries were caused.