A FORMER senior police officer who now lives in Dorset is among those facing new questions today over the Hillsborough disaster.

David Duckenfield, formerly Chief Superintendent of South Yorkshire Police, was in charge of the force's operation on the day in 1989 when 96 football fans died.

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said today a large number of serving and former officers would be investigated over what happened on the day of the tragedy in 1989, and during the alleged cover-up afterwards.

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, also said he would look at whether any individual or corporate body should be charged over the stadium disaster.

Mr Duckenfield, who lives in Ferndown, was the subject of a private prosecution in 2000 when a jury failed to reach a verdict.

Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer also said he would look at whether any individual or corporate body should be charged.

Official documents made public for the first time last month suggested Mr Duckenfield had wrongly told the FA that Liverpool fans had broken into the stadium and rushed down the tunnel into the packed central pens in the Leppings Lane End of Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. Police officers had in fact opened the gate.