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| Hillsborough inquest rules 96 victims were unlawfully killed – live updates | Hillsborough inquest rules 96 victims were unlawfully killed – live updates |
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| 1.11pm BST | |
| 13:11 | |
| Some more family reaction to the verdict, via the Press Association: | |
| Barry Devonside, who lost his only son Christopher, 18, in the Hillsborough disaster said he had “dreamt” of the moment a jury decided the 96 victims were unlawfully killed. | |
| Mr Devonside, who has attended every day of the inquest, said: “Today we gained the confidence from the jury that what we’ve tried to do for 27 years is to bring justice for those who never went home.” | |
| He added: “I never thought in my wildest dreams that we would get this decision. I always hoped and dreamt that we would get this decision. I’m glad we did. We did our best - we couldn’t do any more.” | |
| He said the conclusions delivered by the jury were “far more than expected”, adding: “I’m so, so pleased.” | |
| 1.05pm BST | |
| 13:05 | |
| Via my colleagues on Guardian Sport, here’s the reaction of Rafael Benitez, the former Liverpool manager now in charge of Newcastle: | |
| After so many years fighting for justice I am really pleased to see the verdict today, which confirms what we have been saying for a long time. | |
| I am especially pleased for the families of the 96 who have sought justice for so long and with such dignity, as well as for the people of Liverpool and for football fans in general. Hopefully this verdict today will ensure that this kind of tragedy can never happen again. | |
| 12.58pm BST | |
| 12:58 | |
| The inquest has finally finished hearing the long chronicle of those who died on 15 April 1989. | |
| All but one of the 96 Hillsborough victims died from compression asphyxia, jury finds. Sombre roll call of their names lasted 50 minutes. | |
| 12.55pm BST | |
| 12:55 | |
| My colleague Frances Perraudin sends this from Liverpool. | |
| Ppl gathering to pay respects to the 96 at St George's hall in L'pool as the words 'true justice' are slowly put up pic.twitter.com/S8qU8DBzI9 | |
| 12.50pm BST | |
| 12:50 | |
| Some more reaction from the football world. | |
| Just landed from China and catching up with the news. Finally and way, way, way overdue, the truth prevails and justice is served. #jft96. | |
| And this, on the Everton FC website: | |
| Everton Football Club salutes the Hillsborough families and their total vindication as Fighters for Justice. | |
| Theirs is the greatest victory in the history of football. | |
| RIP, the 96. Good night, God bless. | |
| From us across the Park. | |
| 12.45pm BST | |
| 12:45 | |
| If you’ve not seen it, we now have a full list of the jury’s answers to the 14 questions, as well as the supplementary narrative conclusions they added to some. | |
| Related: How the Hillsborough inquest jury ruled on the 14 key questions | |
| 12.37pm BST | 12.37pm BST |
| 12:37 | 12:37 |
| On our comment site we have this piece by Julie Fallon, whose brother, Andrew Sefton, 23, died at Hillsborough. | On our comment site we have this piece by Julie Fallon, whose brother, Andrew Sefton, 23, died at Hillsborough. |
| Here’s an extract: | Here’s an extract: |
| At the risk of invoking some of the many slurs thrown at both us and the city of Liverpool over the years, I feel I need to say that while it is an unpalatable truth for a portion of the population and one that they would really rather not hear or accept, it is the shameful truth that for the vast majority of the past 27 years, we the families, the survivors and the fans, were systematically and maliciously bullied, intimidated, manipulated, lied to and lied about. | At the risk of invoking some of the many slurs thrown at both us and the city of Liverpool over the years, I feel I need to say that while it is an unpalatable truth for a portion of the population and one that they would really rather not hear or accept, it is the shameful truth that for the vast majority of the past 27 years, we the families, the survivors and the fans, were systematically and maliciously bullied, intimidated, manipulated, lied to and lied about. |
| We were used for personal and political gain, marginalised and publicly vilified by those in our country who were placed in positions of power and influence, which were primarily designed to support, protect and administer our fundamental rights. | We were used for personal and political gain, marginalised and publicly vilified by those in our country who were placed in positions of power and influence, which were primarily designed to support, protect and administer our fundamental rights. |
| Related: How are we, the Hillsborough families, still standing? We took the power back | Julie Fallon | Related: How are we, the Hillsborough families, still standing? We took the power back | Julie Fallon |
| 12.32pm BST | 12.32pm BST |
| 12:32 | 12:32 |
| Owen Gibson | Owen Gibson |
| Margaret Aspinall, the leading campaigner pictured below, whose 18-year-old son James died in the disaster, has been talking to reporters outside the inquest. My colleague Owen Gibson sends these quotes. | Margaret Aspinall, the leading campaigner pictured below, whose 18-year-old son James died in the disaster, has been talking to reporters outside the inquest. My colleague Owen Gibson sends these quotes. |
| The fans should all go home and be proud of themselves, they are the heroes. They did nothing wrong that day and we did this for all of them too. Our city always gets brought down but yet again it’s the tough people of Liverpool who have had to fight a cause that was so unjust, so unfair. We’ve done it and we’ve won it and I’m proud of every single one of them. | The fans should all go home and be proud of themselves, they are the heroes. They did nothing wrong that day and we did this for all of them too. Our city always gets brought down but yet again it’s the tough people of Liverpool who have had to fight a cause that was so unjust, so unfair. We’ve done it and we’ve won it and I’m proud of every single one of them. |
| I don’t like to get upset but it’s an emotional day. I’ve given everything I can along with the other families over 27 years to get where we are. | I don’t like to get upset but it’s an emotional day. I’ve given everything I can along with the other families over 27 years to get where we are. |
| To do what we’ve done and achieved what we’ve done now will help other people who have never had voices who are fighting for a just cause - always have hope, do what the Hillsborough families have done. Stick together. And if I can help anyone I will help them because we’ve received so much help from all the ordinary people. | To do what we’ve done and achieved what we’ve done now will help other people who have never had voices who are fighting for a just cause - always have hope, do what the Hillsborough families have done. Stick together. And if I can help anyone I will help them because we’ve received so much help from all the ordinary people. |
| When question six came up and we got that unlawful killing... I don’t know if people remember but in the generic inquest under Dr Stefan Popper, when the jury came out with accidental death on 96 innocent people I wrote to him and said ‘Don’t send me my son’s death certificate until I get the correct verdict on it’. | When question six came up and we got that unlawful killing... I don’t know if people remember but in the generic inquest under Dr Stefan Popper, when the jury came out with accidental death on 96 innocent people I wrote to him and said ‘Don’t send me my son’s death certificate until I get the correct verdict on it’. |
| I can accept it now. I’ve got the correct verdict. We fought for all of these years to get that. We’ve got justice hopefully for those 96. Now let’s see what follows. | I can accept it now. I’ve got the correct verdict. We fought for all of these years to get that. We’ve got justice hopefully for those 96. Now let’s see what follows. |
| She added: | She added: |
| People say we’ve been on a long journey. I don’t look on it as a long journey, I look on that as going on holiday. But we’ve been on some very bumpy roads, we’ve been climbing up mountains and never reached the top. We’ve got to the peak now lads! Every one of us has got to the peak of that mountain and got what we rightfully deserved. I knew in the end we will overcome them, they will not rule us. | People say we’ve been on a long journey. I don’t look on it as a long journey, I look on that as going on holiday. But we’ve been on some very bumpy roads, we’ve been climbing up mountains and never reached the top. We’ve got to the peak now lads! Every one of us has got to the peak of that mountain and got what we rightfully deserved. I knew in the end we will overcome them, they will not rule us. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.38pm BST | at 12.38pm BST |
| 12.30pm BST | 12.30pm BST |
| 12:30 | 12:30 |
| More images from outside the inquest earlier. | More images from outside the inquest earlier. |
| 12.26pm BST | 12.26pm BST |
| 12:26 | 12:26 |
| A long, thorough, heartbreaking must-read by David Conn: the mistakes and the lies that lasted for decades. | A long, thorough, heartbreaking must-read by David Conn: the mistakes and the lies that lasted for decades. |
| Related: Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades | Related: Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 12.28pm BST | at 12.28pm BST |
| 12.24pm BST | 12.24pm BST |
| 12:24 | 12:24 |
| David Conn is back in the coroner’s court, listening to the time and cause of death of those who died. | David Conn is back in the coroner’s court, listening to the time and cause of death of those who died. |
| Hillsborough Inquests: Cause of death for almost all 96 people who died is being given as compression asphyxia. Their life was squeezed out. | Hillsborough Inquests: Cause of death for almost all 96 people who died is being given as compression asphyxia. Their life was squeezed out. |
| Hillsborough Inquests: Jury gives cause of death on Jon-Paul Gilhooley: compression asphyxia. He was the youngest to die; aged only 10. | Hillsborough Inquests: Jury gives cause of death on Jon-Paul Gilhooley: compression asphyxia. He was the youngest to die; aged only 10. |
| 12.19pm BST | 12.19pm BST |
| 12:19 | 12:19 |
| As useful background to the way the jury reached its conclusions, this link (pdf) shows the document they were given with the 14 questions and the way they should approach them. | As useful background to the way the jury reached its conclusions, this link (pdf) shows the document they were given with the 14 questions and the way they should approach them. |
| 12.17pm BST | 12.17pm BST |
| 12:17 | 12:17 |
| My colleague, Anushka Asthana, has been at the regular Downing Street press briefing, which saw an update on the official reaction to the inquest: | My colleague, Anushka Asthana, has been at the regular Downing Street press briefing, which saw an update on the official reaction to the inquest: |
| The prime minister’s spokeswoman said that the government would respond by a written ministerial statement today, followed by a statement tomorrow: ”Clearly this has been one of the longest running legal cases in British history and we are going to need to take time to digest the verdict.” | The prime minister’s spokeswoman said that the government would respond by a written ministerial statement today, followed by a statement tomorrow: ”Clearly this has been one of the longest running legal cases in British history and we are going to need to take time to digest the verdict.” |
| 12.15pm BST | 12.15pm BST |
| 12:15 | 12:15 |
| Here’s a video of the families singing following the verdicts. | Here’s a video of the families singing following the verdicts. |