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Hillsborough disaster inquest live: Jury rules 96 Liverpool fans were 'unlawfully killed' in 1989 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 inquest has ruled that the 96 victims of Britain's worst sporting disaster were unlawfully killed.
  
  
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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 gave their decision on 14 key questions relating to how the day unfolded as dozens of relatives of the victims watched in the packed courtroom.
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. Their answers formed a damning condemnation of the planning and response of the police, emergency services and stadium authorities both before and during the game.
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. They were also tasked with recording the time and cause of death for each of the Liverpool fans, 27 years and 12 days since the disaster on April 15 1989.
Last Wednesday the jury indicated to the court in Warrington that unanimous decisions had already been made on every question apart from question six. The most crucial question was number six, which asked: “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?” The jury answered "yes" in a majority decision, following it by ruling that fans were in no way to blame for the disaster.
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 those who died.
Additional reporting by PAAdditional reporting by PA