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| Hillsborough disaster inquest live: Jury rules 96 Liverpool fans were 'unlawfully killed' in 1989 | |
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| The jury in the Hillsborough inquests are due to return to court to deliver their conclusions into the deaths of 96 fans at Britain's worst sporting disaster. | The jury in the Hillsborough inquests are due to return to court to deliver their conclusions into the deaths of 96 fans at Britain's worst sporting disaster. |
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| The jury of six women and three men will give their decisions from 11am, on what is expected to be a highly charged day for relatives of the 96, many of whom will be at court for the conclusion of the longest jury proceedings in British legal history. | The jury of six women and three men will give their decisions from 11am, on what is expected to be a highly charged day for relatives of the 96, many of whom will be at court for the conclusion of the longest jury proceedings in British legal history. |
| Jurors will give their conclusions having answered a general questionnaire of 14 questions as well as a record of the time and cause of death for each of the Liverpool fans, 27 years and 12 days since the disaster on April 15 1989. | Jurors will give their conclusions having answered a general questionnaire of 14 questions as well as a record of the time and cause of death for each of the Liverpool fans, 27 years and 12 days since the disaster on April 15 1989. |
| These include questions about the police planning before the game, stadium safety, events on the day, the emergency services' response to the disaster and whether the fans were unlawfully killed. | These include questions about the police planning before the game, stadium safety, events on the day, the emergency services' response to the disaster and whether the fans were unlawfully killed. |
| Last Wednesday the jury indicated to the court in Warrington that unanimous decisions had already been made on every question apart from question six. | Last Wednesday the jury indicated to the court in Warrington that unanimous decisions had already been made on every question apart from question six. |
| Question six asks: “Are you satisfied, so that you are sure, that those who died in the disaster were unlawfully killed?” | Question six asks: “Are you satisfied, so that you are sure, that those who died in the disaster were unlawfully killed?” |
| They were given a majority direction yesterday and indicated they had reached a majority decision on the outstanding question. | They were given a majority direction yesterday and indicated they had reached a majority decision on the outstanding question. |
| The Hillsborough tragedy unfolded during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final tie against Nottingham Forest as thousands of fans were crushed on Sheffield Wednesday's Leppings Lane terrace. | The Hillsborough tragedy unfolded during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final tie against Nottingham Forest as thousands of fans were crushed on Sheffield Wednesday's Leppings Lane terrace. |
| The 1991 accidental deaths verdicts from the original inquests were quashed following the 2012 Hillsborough Independent Panel report after a long campaign by the families of the dead. | The 1991 accidental deaths verdicts from the original inquests were quashed following the 2012 Hillsborough Independent Panel report after a long campaign by the families of the dead. |
| Additional reporting by PA | Additional reporting by PA |