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| Hillsborough inquest: Juror discharged for medical reasons | Hillsborough inquest: Juror discharged for medical reasons |
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| A member of the Hillsborough inquests jury has been discharged on the first full day of deliberations. | A member of the Hillsborough inquests jury has been discharged on the first full day of deliberations. |
| The coroner Sir John Goldring told the remaining jury members there was a "medical basis" for the woman being discharged. | The coroner Sir John Goldring told the remaining jury members there was a "medical basis" for the woman being discharged. |
| Six women and three men will continue to consider how and why 96 Liverpool fans died in Britain's worst sporting disaster on 15 April 1989. | Six women and three men will continue to consider how and why 96 Liverpool fans died in Britain's worst sporting disaster on 15 April 1989. |
| The jury was sent out on Wednesday after more than two years of evidence. | The jury was sent out on Wednesday after more than two years of evidence. |
| The hearings, which are the longest running inquests in British legal history, began on 31 March 2014 with the maximum of 11 jurors. | |
| That number was reduced to 10 in February last year when a juror was discharged for "wholly exceptional medical reasons". | |
| The minimum number that can hear evidence at an inquest is seven. |