96 Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough

The 96 Liverpool fans who died at the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 were unlawfully killed, the jury in the inquest has concluded.

It’s taken 27 years for the truth to finally come out after a jury of 6 women and 3 men gave their decisions at a hearing in Warrington this morning.

The inquests found:

• Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed;

• Fans were in no way to blame;

• There were “major omissions” in police planning and preparation for the semi-final;

• Police response to the increasing crowds at Leppings Lane was “slow and uncoordinated”;

• Errors by commanding officers contributed to the crush on the terrace;

• Commanding officers failed to recognise pens were at capacity;

• Design and layout of the crush barriers in pen three and four were not fully compliant with safety regulations;

• Ambulance officers at the scene failed to ascertain the scale of the problem and the failure to call a major incident led to delays in responses to the emergency;

• A lack of communication, coordination and command and control by police.

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