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THE 96 people who died in the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster were victims of “unlawful killing,” an inquest jury ruled yesterday.
Immediate calls have now been made for South Yorkshire police chiefs involved in the tragedy to be held to account as the longest jury case in British legal history came to a close. The jurors found unanimously that policing of the match caused or contributed to a dangerous situation developing at the Leppings Lane turnstiles.
Commanding officers also caused or contributed to the crush on the terrace, the jury decided, as did senior officers in the police control box.
NATHAN CRITCH hails a new law, which will go some way to prevent state cover-ups, as it passes through the Commons
The public inquiry is the result of more than a decade of determined campaigning. Now, those who fought for justice want the full story of government involvement and police conduct to be told, says KATE FLANNERY
