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UK: Sheffield: Hillsborough inquests jury says 96 victims were unlawfully killed - Jurors also rule Liverpool fans’ behaviour at 1989 FA Cup semi-final did not contribute to disaster as verdict vindicates families

26 April 2016

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"The 96 people who died at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence manslaughter, the jury at the new inquests into the disaster has determined.

The verdict represents a vindication for the bereaved families who have fought for 27 years against South Yorkshire police claims that misbehaving supporters caused the disaster, as well as against the 1991 verdict of accidental death.

The jury decided that the behaviour of Liverpool supporters at Hillsborough did not contribute to the dangerous situation that developed outside the football ground, rejecting a claim by South Yorkshire police which the families and survivors of the disaster have relentlessly denounced as a cover-up."

See the article: Hillsborough inquests jury says 96 victims were unlawfully killed - Jurors also rule Liverpool fans’ behaviour at 1989 FA Cup semi-final did not contribute to disaster as verdict vindicates families (Guardian, link)

And: Hillsborough disaster: Fans unlawfully killed (BBC News, link)

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