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Hillsborough inquests to take place in Warrington | |
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Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will take place in Warrington, coroner Lord Justice Goldring has said. | Fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 Hillsborough victims will take place in Warrington, coroner Lord Justice Goldring has said. |
New inquests, which will begin on 31 March, were ordered in December when the High Court quashed the original verdicts of accidental death. | New inquests, which will begin on 31 March, were ordered in December when the High Court quashed the original verdicts of accidental death. |
Lord Justice Goldring will provide details of the venue at a later date. | Lord Justice Goldring will provide details of the venue at a later date. |
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Hillsborough investigation is based in Warrington. | The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Hillsborough investigation is based in Warrington. |
The investigation led by former Durham Chief Constable Jon Stoddart into how the disaster unfolded is also based in the same building, Renaissance House. | |
Ninety-five victims were crushed to death in Britain's worst sporting disaster, on 15 April 1989, at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest. | |
The 96th victim died in 1993 when the Law Lords ruled that doctors could stop tube-feeding and hydration. | |
Campaigners have always contested the verdicts at the original Hillsborough inquests, which took place in Sheffield in March 1991. | |
Those verdicts were quashed after the Hillsborough Independent Panel studied thousands of documents and reported last September that there had been a huge cover-up of what happened at Hillsborough and in the aftermath. | |
Families did not want the new inquests to be held in Sheffield - changes made since 1991 mean that the location of an inquest can be moved from a coroner's own district if it is deemed to be in the best interests of bereaved families and witnesses. |
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