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| Hillsborough inquests: Fans unlawfully killed, jury concludes | Hillsborough inquests: Fans unlawfully killed, jury concludes |
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| Ninety-six football fans who died as a result of a crush in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the inquests have concluded. | Ninety-six football fans who died as a result of a crush in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the inquests have concluded. |
| The jury decided the match commander Ch Supt David Duckenfield's actions amounted to "gross negligence" due to a breach of his duty of care to fans. | The jury decided the match commander Ch Supt David Duckenfield's actions amounted to "gross negligence" due to a breach of his duty of care to fans. |
| Police errors also added to a dangerous situation at the FA Cup semi-final. | Police errors also added to a dangerous situation at the FA Cup semi-final. |
| After a 27-year campaign by victims' families, the behaviour of Liverpool fans was exonerated. | |
| The jury found they did not contribute to the danger unfolding at the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end of Sheffield Wednesday's ground on 15 April 1989. | |
| Live reporting from the Hillsborough Inquests | Live reporting from the Hillsborough Inquests |
| When the conclusion of the unlawful killing was revealed, families were seen hugging each other in the public gallery and some punched the air. | When the conclusion of the unlawful killing was revealed, families were seen hugging each other in the public gallery and some punched the air. |
| The jury also concluded | The jury also concluded |
| People in the public gallery applauded the jury as they left court, with some standing up to clap them out. | |
| At the scene: Judith Moritz, BBC News | |
| The families clapped as the jury left the Hillsborough inquests in Warrington. One woman shouted "God bless the jury." | |
| There were lots of tears as lawyers hugged the families and the shadow home secretary Andy Burnham hugged the families in court. | |
| There were lawyers crying, Andy Burnham was crying and the families were hugging. People said they couldn't take in the enormity of it all. | |
| Trevor Hicks, whose daughters Sarah and Vicky died, told me: "We've done it." | |
| A spontaneous chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was sung outside the courtroom as people raised Liverpool flags above their heads. | |
| Leading campaigners Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks were seen hugging each other in tears. | Leading campaigners Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks were seen hugging each other in tears. |
| A statement on behalf of the families said the jury's conclusions "completely vindicate" the long fight for justice. | A statement on behalf of the families said the jury's conclusions "completely vindicate" the long fight for justice. |
| It added it has brought "significant progress on the journey... and sense of closure to the bereaved". | |
| The police response to the increasing crowd outside the Leppings Lane turnstiles at Liverpool's match against Nottingham Forest was "slow and uncoordinated", the inquests heard. | |
| The road closure "exacerbated" the situation and there were no filter cordons in place to regulate the movement of spectators. | |
| Attempts to close the perimeter gates were made too late and there were no contingency plans for the "sudden arrival" of a large number of fans, the jury said. | |
| Jurors concluded the commanding officers should have ordered the closing of the tunnel which led directly to the central pens where the fatal crush occurred. | |
| Who were the 96 victims? | |
| Read profiles of all those who died in the disaster |