THE father of one of the 96 football supporters who died in the Hillsborough disaster has claimed that South Yorkshire's chief constable at the time sneered at him at a meeting, while a more junior officer pinned him against a wall by the throat.
Barry Devonside, whose 18-year-old son Christopher died in the crush at the 1989 FA cup semi-final in Sheffield, said the incident happened more than 25 years ago after a police authority meeting in Barnsley.
Magistrate Mr Devonside told the Yorkshire Post that he was asked to follow an officer down some stairs to meet the then chief constable Peter Wright, and there were 16 or 17 more officers standing waiting.
He told the paper. "I stuck out my hand, and an officer out of nowhere pinned me against the wall by the throat, with his other arm against my chest. Peter Wright just sneered at me and I said 'you b******'."
Mr Devonside said in the interview that he believed the police were trying to intimidate him and that he is planning to write to Home Secretary Theresa May with his concerns.
He was one of a number of the Hillsborough families who met Mrs May in Warrington last week.
The meeting followed the landmark unlawful killing verdicts at the end of the two-year-long inquests into the 96 deaths.
Mr Devonside said he did not report the alleged incident at the time as he thought it would be a waste of time. Mr Wright died five years ago.
