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Hillsborough inquests jury sworn in Hillsborough inquests opened by coroner
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The jury has been sworn in at the fresh inquests into the deaths of the 96 football fans who were killed in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster. Fresh inquests into the deaths of 96 football fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster will "consider the experiences of each", the coroner has told jurors.
A panel of seven women and four men will hear evidence, which could take a year, about Britain's worst sporting disaster. Making an opening statement, Lord Justice Goldring said the tragedy was "the worst ever disaster at a British sports stadium".
The 96 names were read out by Christina Lambert, counsel to the inquests, before jurors were sworn in. The disaster unfolded on 15 April 1989 during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.
Coroner Lord Justice Goldring is due to open the hearing in Warrington. The hearing could last a year.
The disaster happened on 15 April 1989 during Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest as thousands of fans were crushed on the ground's Leppings Lane terrace. Earlier, the inquest listened for six minutes while the names of the 96 victims were read out by Christina Lambert, counsel to the inquests.
Verdicts of accidental death from the original Hillsborough inquest in March 1991 were quashed in December 2012, after the Hillsborough Independent Panel delivered its final report on the disaster earlier that year. Lord Justice Goldring said: "The disaster is seared into the memories of the very many people affected by it, most notably of course the families of the 96 people who died."
He told the jury panel of seven women and four men that the findings in the original inquests were quashed in December 2012.
The verdicts of accidental death were quashed after the Hillsborough Independent Panel delivered its final report on the disaster earlier that year.
Over the course of the inquests, jurors are expected to hear evidence on themes including stadium safety, emergency planning, crowd management and the response of the emergency services.Over the course of the inquests, jurors are expected to hear evidence on themes including stadium safety, emergency planning, crowd management and the response of the emergency services.
The inquests are being held in a purpose-built courtroom, the biggest in England and Wales, in an office building in Birchwood Park, in Warrington.