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Hillsborough victim Kevin Williams 'had faint pulse' Hillsborough: PC 'urged' to change Kevin Williams statement
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A boy caught up in the terrace crush at Hillsborough had a "faint pulse" and was "not a lost cause", according to an off-duty policeman who went to his aid. A former police officer who "felt a pulse" while helping a dying teenager at Hillsborough said West Midlands Police made a "deliberate attempt" to make him change his statement.
Derek Bruder was giving evidence as the inquests focused on the final movements of 15-year-old Kevin Williams.Derek Bruder was giving evidence as the inquests focused on the final movements of 15-year-old Kevin Williams.
The jury heard how Mr Bruder left his seat in the stadium after noticing Kevin was "on his own" on the pitch. He said he made his first statement shortly after the 1989 tragedy and was visited by police the following year.
"My sole aim was to keep him alive," he told the jury, which is examining how 96 fans died in the 1989 disaster. While the meeting left him "confused", he agreed to make changes.
Kevin's mother Anne Williams led the campaign for fresh inquests but died months after they were ordered in 2012. Mr Bruder said he was visited by an inspector from West Midlands Police, who were supplying evidence to the first inquests.
The jury saw footage of Kevin lying on his own at the Spion Kop end of the pitch at 15:32 BST, more than 25 minutes after police had stopped the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. He said Insp Matthew Sawers spent six hours with him during which he was asked to speak by phone to a pathologist from the coroner's office.
Mr Bruder, who was a Merseyside Police officer in 1989, said he saw Kevin move in a "series of twitches", drawing his attention. Mr Bruder said he felt under pressure "to concede to the doctor's medical superiority" when the doctor suggested Kevin could not have been alive when Mr Bruder tried to revive him.
He said it was a "short episode" and Kevin's head moved from "side to side". He agreed to make changes to his original statement.
Along with a St John Ambulance volunteer medic who gave heart massage, Mr Bruder said he tried to resuscitate the teenager. Amongst them he accepted he may have been mistaken to say he had felt "a faint pulse" while trying to save Kevin.
He also said he felt a pulse in the boy's neck, adding: "It was not something that would appear to me to be absolutely healthy, beating vibrantly, but there was definitely a pulse." Mr Bruder told the jury he was 100% confident he had felt a pulse and seen the teenager move while lying on the pitch.
'Bit of a daze' The court heard he wrote to the Independent Police Complaints Commission in 2012 that West Midlands Police had made a "deliberate attempt" to make him change his statement.
He told the inquests he stood by that view, and that the inspector who visited him had not been honest with him.
'Definitely a pulse'
Earlier Mr Bruder told the inquests that, along with a St John Ambulance volunteer medic who gave heart massage, he had tried to resuscitate Kevin.
He said he was "absolutely 100% confident" he felt a pulse in the teenager's neck, adding: "It was not something that would appear to me to be absolutely healthy, beating vibrantly, but there was definitely a pulse."
Asked whether he saw any signs of life while giving CPR, Mr Bruder said: "Well, to me he was alive. There was a faint pulse."Asked whether he saw any signs of life while giving CPR, Mr Bruder said: "Well, to me he was alive. There was a faint pulse."
When asked how confident he was that he saw Kevin moving, Mr Bruder replied: 'I'm absolutely confident.'
Christina Lambert QC, who represents the coroner, then asked how confident he was he felt a pulse. 'I'm absolutely 100% confident I felt a pulse in Kevin's neck,' Mr Bruder replied.
Describing what happened after he heard Kevin had died, Mr Bruder added: 'I was a bit shell-shocked to be fair.
'I was in a bit of a daze. There was chaos going on around. I just decided, well, there was nothing more that could be done.'
The jury also heard from two Liverpool fans who tried to help Kevin while Mr Bruder was with him.The jury also heard from two Liverpool fans who tried to help Kevin while Mr Bruder was with him.
One of them, Stephen Rankin, said Kevin did not show any signs of life.One of them, Stephen Rankin, said Kevin did not show any signs of life.
Mr Bruder said a female St John Ambulance medic eventually joined the group, and took over the CPR.Mr Bruder said a female St John Ambulance medic eventually joined the group, and took over the CPR.
After trying to resuscitate him she said Kevin had died.After trying to resuscitate him she said Kevin had died.
The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, continue.The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, continue.
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