The statepoliceintervened as well, prompting the governor's chieflaw-enforcementofficer to resignindisgust and the state police superintendent to retireunexpectedly.
That led to a clear victory for Mr Hurley, a former detective chiefsuperintendentin the Metropolitan Police, who describes his policing methods as "no nonsense".
She was told the August 1989 report had found that the chiefsuperintendentin charge at Hillsborough had "behaved in an indecisive fashion" and senior officers had infuriated the judge by seeking to "duck all responsibility when giving evidence" to his inquiry.
Ken Farrow, head of fraud at Lloyds TSB - and a former detective chiefsuperintendentin charge of the City of London Police's economic crime department - believes the well-planned nature of the robbery suggested a plan on how to dispose of the cash was in place.