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Hillsborough inquests jury visits stadium Hillsborough inquests jury visits stadium
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The jury at the Hillsborough inquests have been taken to the Sheffield stadium for a site visit. The jury at the Hillsborough inquests has been taken to the Sheffield stadium for a site visit.
As well as visiting the ground, the eleven jurors visited other places relevant to the inquests as set out by the coroner. Jurors walked down the tunnel of the Leppings Lane stand, where a crush led to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
On Thursday, the jury was guided by an expert engineer through a 3D computer model of the ground as it was in 1989. Since the 1989 disaster, the ground has seen substantial changes, including the removal of terraces and metal fencing.
Ninety-six Liverpool fans attending that year's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest died. The eleven jurors also visited other places relevant to the inquests as set out by the coroner, including a pub and a railway station.
The jury were taken to two locations en route to the stadium - the White Horse Inn, which the coroner Lord Justice Goldring said "some Liverpool fans" went to before the match, and Wadsley Bride railway station, from which he said Reds supporters "were accompanied by police as they went to the stadium". A bus carrying the jury stopped on Leppings Lane, a road adjacent to the stadium. The jurors then walked towards Hillsborough.
Earlier this week, the inquests heard a minute-by-minute countdown of how the disaster unfolded. The coroner Lord Justice Goldring told them: "This is where supporters would have walked."
He reminded the jury that the layout of the entrance had changed, with former exit gates and other features marked off with cones.
Those present carried photographs of the stadium in 1989 to help visualise the old layout.
Jurors were taken to two locations en route to the stadium - the White Horse Inn, where Lord Justice Goldring said "some Liverpool fans" went before the match, and Wadsley Bride railway station, from which he said Reds supporters "were accompanied by police as they went to the stadium".
Earlier this week the inquests heard a minute-by-minute countdown of how the disaster unfolded.
The hearing was told of key events and viewed rarely seen footage of the day taken by police and BBC cameras as well as stadium CCTV.The hearing was told of key events and viewed rarely seen footage of the day taken by police and BBC cameras as well as stadium CCTV.
The fresh inquests into the deaths were ordered when a panel of three High Court judges quashed the accidental death verdicts.The fresh inquests into the deaths were ordered when a panel of three High Court judges quashed the accidental death verdicts.