Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield will face a retrial over the manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans, a judge has ruled today.
Duckenfield stood trial at Preston Crown Court in April but it ended after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
Today judge Sir Peter Openshaw accepted the Crown Prosecution Service's application for a retrial, which had been opposed by Duckenfield's legal team.
The former South Yorkshire policeman will stand trial again on October 7.
Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield, who is accused of the manslaughter by gross negligence of 95 Liverpool supporters will face trial again
Liverpool fans were crushed to death at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield
Due to the law in 1989, Duckenfield had not been charged with the manslaughter of Tony Bland, because he died more than a year and a day after the disaster occurred.
Mr Bland, 22, was crushed during the FA Cup Semi Final between his beloved Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
But he survived for four years because of life support.
Because he died more than a year and a day after his injuries were caused, the CPS could not charge Duckenfield with his manslaughter.
The 74-year-old former police chief went on trial for 95 counts of manslaughter 30 years after Liverpool fans were crushed to death in the Leppings Lane end of Sheffield Wednesday's stadium.
Under the law at the time, there can be no prosecution for the 96th victim, Tony Bland, as he died more than a year and a day after the disaster.
But, following a nine-week trial in Preston and 29 hours of deliberation, a jury failed to reach a verdict.
The jury did however find former Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell guilty of failing to discharge his duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act. He was not jailed and received a fine.
Duckenfield retired from South Yorkshire Police two years after the disaster on a full pension reportedly worth £23,000 a year.
Who were the victims of the Hillsborough disaster?
These are the 96 victims who lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough tragedy on April 15 1989:
Adam Edward Spearritt, 14. A schoolboy from Cheshire, Adam was taken to the game by his father Edward and two friends.
Alan Johnston, 29. A trainee accountant from Liverpool. Mr Johnston had travelled to Sheffield in a hired minibus with friends and was separated from them at the Leppings Lane turnstile due to the crowd.
Alan McGlone, 28. A factory worker from Kirkby, who shared a car to Sheffield with friends, including Joseph Clark, a fellow victim.
Adam Edward Spearritt, Alan Johnston, Alan McGlone
Andrew Mark Brookes, 26. A car worker from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Mr Brookes drove to the game with friends and entered the stadium through the turnstiles with his friend Mark Richards, before he was separated by a crowd surge.
Anthony David Bland, 22. A labourer from Keighley, West Yorkshire, who was 18 when he went to the game with two friends. Mr Bland died in 1993, several years after the disaster, after receiving severe brain injuries on the day which left him in a vegetative state. A landmark legal ruling allowed his family to stop life-support treatment, making him Hillsborough's 96th and final victim. His death was not included in the David Duckenfield trial because laws at the time meant he died too late to be covered by the indictment.
Anthony Peter Kelly, 29. A married soldier from Birkenhead. He travelled to Sheffield with two friends, who survived.
Andrew Mark Brookes, Anthony Bland, Anthony Peter Kelly
Arthur Horrocks, 41. A married insurance agent from the Wirral, Mr Horrocks had travelled to the game with his brother and nephews. One nephew saw him lose consciousness as crowd pressure intensified in one of the enclosures.
Barry Glover, 27. A married greengrocer from Bury, Lancashire. Mr Glover travelled to Sheffield with his father and three friends.
Barry Sidney Bennett, 26. A seaman from Liverpool. Mr Bell had driven to watch the game with four friends.
Arthur Horrocks, Barry Glover, Barry Sidney Bennett
Brian Christopher Matthews, 38. A married financial consultant from Merseyside. He was a season ticket holder and had travelled to the game with friends.
Carl William Rimmer, 21. A video technician from Liverpool who went to see the match with his brother Kevin and two friends, who survived.
Carl Brown, 18. A student from Leigh, Greater Manchester. Mr Brown had travelled to the game with a group of friends by car.
Brian Christopher Mathews, Carl William Rimmer, Carl Brown
Carl Darren Hewitt, 17. An apprentice cabinet maker from Leicester. He had gone to the ground with his brother, Nicholas, who was also killed. The pair had travelled up to the fixture on a supporters coach.
Carl David Lewis, 18. A labourer from Kirkby who went to Hillsborough with his brothers Michael and David. He hitchhiked part of the way so he could buy a ticket outside the ground.
Christine Anne Jones, 27. A married senior radiographer from Preston. She went to the game with her husband Stephen, but was separated from him after they entered the ground.
Carl Darren Hewitt, Carl David Lewis, Christine Anne Jones
Christopher James Traynor, 26. A married joiner from Birkenhead. He travelled with his brother Martin and friend Dave Thomas, who both also died.
Christopher Barry Devonside, 18. A college student from Liverpool, Mr Devonside had gone to the game with his father and some friends. His friends lost sight of him one minute before kick off in the swelling crowd.
Christopher Edwards, 29. A steelworker from South Wirral. He travelled down to Sheffield with two others, but left them before entering the stadium.
Christopher James Traynor, Christopher Barry Devonside, Christopher Edwards
Colin Wafer, 19. A bank clerk from Liverpool who travelled alone to the match on a coach.
Colin Andrew Hugh William Sefton, 23. A security officer from Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, Mr Sefton drove to the match with his friends, who survived.
Colin Mark Ashcroft, 19. Mr Ashcroft attended the game after travelling down on a coach organised by Liverpool Supporters Travel Club.
Colin Wafer, Colin Andrew Hugh William Sefton, Colin Mark Ashcroft
David William Birtle, 22. An HGV driver from Stoke-on-Trent. Mr Birtle had attended the game alone.
David George Rimmer, 38. A married sales manager from Skelmersdale, West Lancashire. He travelled by car to Sheffield with a friend and was separated after entering the stadium due to a crowd surge.
David Hawley, 39. A married diesel fitter from St Helens. Mr Hawley drove to the game with family members, including his 17-year-old nephew Stephen O'Neill, who was also killed.
David John Benson, 22. A sales representative from Warrington. Mr Benson had gone to the game with his friend, but had parted ways with him at the gates as they were in different areas.
David Leonard Thomas, 23. A joiner from Birkenhead. Along with a group of friends, Mr Thomas drove to the game from Liverpool. Two of the friends he was travelling with, Christopher and Martin Traynor, also died that day.
David William Mather, 19. A post office counter clerk from Liverpool who drove his friends to the fixture. After his death, Mr Mather's ashes were scattered at The Kop of Anfield football ground.
David John Benson, David Leonard Thomas, David William Mather
Derrick George Godwin, 24. An accounts clerk from Gloucestershire. He went to the match alone, having caught a train from Cheltenham.
Eric Hankin, 33. A married nurse from Liverpool. Mr Hankin lost his friends in the crowd at the turnstile due to the crowd pressure.
Eric George Hughes, 42. A married sales executive from Warrington. He attended the game with friends and was seen by one of them being passed from the terraces by two police officers.
Francis Joseph McAllister, 27. A fireman from Liverpool. Mr McAllister went to the ground with a group of friends, including Nicholas Joynes, who also died in the tragedy.
Gary Christopher Church, 19. A joiner from Liverpool. Mr Church went to the game with several friends on a minibus and met with another group which included Christopher Devonside and Simon Bell, both of whom were also killed.
Gary Collins, 22. A quality controller from Liverpool. He had driven to Sheffield with two friends, who lost him after the crushing began in the West Stand.
Francis Joseph McAllister, Gary Christopher Church, Gary Collins (right, as a boy)
Gary Harrison, 27. A married driver from Liverpool who had travelled to the game with his brother Stephen, also a victim of the disaster.
Gary Philip Jones, 18. A student from Merseyside. Mr Jones joined his cousin and several others on a minibus to the match. It was his first away game.
Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron, 67. A retired postal worker who died at the ground after driving from Preston to watch the game with his son Gerard Martin Baron Jnr. Mr Baron was the oldest person to die that day.
Gary Harrison, Gary Philip Jones, Gerard Bernard Patrick Baron
Gordon Rodney Horn, 20. A Liverpool fan who travelled to the ground with friends in a minibus from Bootle, Liverpool. He was separated from his friend in a crowd surge shortly before kick-off.
Graham John Roberts, 24. An engineer from Merseyside. He travelled by car with two friends to Hillsborough stadium.
Graham John Wright, 17. A insurance clerk from Liverpool who went to see the match with his friend James Gary Aspinall, who also died. His brother attended the game separately from Graham and survived.
Gordon Rodney Horn, Graham John Roberts, Graham John Wright
Henry Charles Rogers, 17. A student from Chester. He caught a train with his brother Adam, but once they found themselves forced through the gates by the swelling crowds, lost one another.
Henry Thomas Burke, 47. A married roofing contractor from Liverpool. Mr Burke went to Sheffield with a number of friends, but only entered the stadium with one other, James Swaine, who survived.
Ian David Whelan, 19. A junior clerk from
