Liverpool's Hillsborough disaster: Merseyside police officer told Prime Minister Thatcher he was uneasy at Anfield 'shrine' The remarks - and the fact of the leak - provoked an angry reaction yesterday from eyewitnesses to the disaster on April 15, 1989. Kenny Derbyshire, chairman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, said the leak of the documents compounds the sorrow felt last November, when it emerged police kept tissue samples from the post-mortems of 10 victims. "It is disgusting and degrading to the memory of the 96 who died," said Derbyshire. Especially to the supporters who came to the aid of the dead and the injured. The fans were the first to react. The shrine [a permanent feature at Anfield] is very important for the fans. These comments show the complete lack of respect for Liverpool supporters at the time. Oxford, who was near retirement at the time, was known for his hard-line policing. In his letter he made a snap judgment about what had led to so many fans losing their lives. "A key factor in causing the disaster was the fact that large numbers of Liverpool fans had turned up without tickets," he wrote. This was getting lost sight of in attempts to blame the police, the football authorities, etc. That view was also espoused by South Yorkshire Police in its official submissions to investigators at the time, but was then contradicted by the Taylor Report, which read: "It is a matter of regret that the South Yorkshire police were not prepared to concede that they were in any respect at fault. The police case was to blame the fans for being late and drunk. "The panel is a shambles," said Derbyshire . I've never trusted the panel since day one. I suspect the leak is coming from the police. It's possible they are worried about the compensation claims. But [this] has never been about money. We just want justice for members of the families. We just want that little word: 'sorry."" The Hillsborough Independent Panel said in a statement it did not comment on "leaked documents"." [Our] work, including analysis of the mass of documents so far disclosed to us, is demanding and complex. It is expected that the panel will complete its work in the autumn.