South Yorkshire coroner Dr Stefan Popper limited the main inquests to events up to 3:15 pm on the day of the disaster—nine minutes after the match was halted and the crowd spilled onto the pitch. The Spectator was criticised for an editorial which appeared in the magazine on 16 October 2004 following the death of British hostage Kenneth John "Ken" Bigley in Iraq, in which it was claimed that the response to Bigley's killing was fuelled by the fact he was from Liverpool, and went on to criticise the "drunken" fans at Hillsborough and call on them to accept responsibility for their "role" in the disaster: The extreme reaction to Mr Bigley's murder is fed by the fact that he was a Liverpudlian. David Duckenfield pictured in 1989 (Image: PA) Summing up the case, the judge said: "The deaths of 96 spectators, many of whom were very young, is, of … A Leeds fan described disorganisation at the turnstiles and no steward or police direction inside the stadium, resulting in the crowd in one enclosure becoming so compressed he was at times unable to raise and clap his hands. The Liverpool Echo called the apology, "shabby" and "an attempt, once again, to exploit the Hillsborough dead". Ninety-four people, aged from 10 to 67 years old, died on the day, either at the stadium, in the ambulances, or shortly after arrival at hospital. The 96 who lost their lives in the disaster, Police among six to be charged over Hillsborough disaster, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}. Nobody really had any comment on it—they just took one look and went away shaking their heads in wonder at the enormity of it. This led to a crowding in the pens and the crush. As a result of the disaster, Liverpool's scheduled fixture[b] against Arsenal was delayed from 23 April until the end of the season and eventually decided the league title. [55], During the final match of the 1988–89 English Football League season, contested on 26 May 1989 between Liverpool and second-place Arsenal, the Arsenal players presented flowers to fans in different parts of Anfield in memory of those who had died in the Hillsborough disaster. On 14 May, more than 20,000 people packed Anfield for a match held in memory of the victims. [230], In Liverpool local journalist John Williams of the Liverpool Daily Post wrote in an article titled "I Blame the Yobs"[231] that "The gatecrashers wreaked their fatal havoc ... Their uncontrolled fanaticism and mass hysteria ... literally squeezed the life out of men, women and children ... yobbism at its most base ... Scouse killed Scouse for no better reason than 22 men were kicking a ball". 96 Liverpool supporters lost their lives during a crush at an FA Cup semi final against Nottingham Forest at the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield, South Yorkshire in 1989. "[256] Trevor Kavanagh, the political editor at the time of the Hillsborough disaster, said that he was "not sorry at all" about the reporting and supported his former boss Kelvin MacKenzie, stating that "we were clearly misled about the events and the authorities, including the police, actively concealed the truth". [155][156], During the inquests, Maxwell Groome—a police constable at the time of the disaster—made allegations of a high-level "conspiracy" by Freemasons to shift blame for the disaster onto Superintendent Roger Marshall, also that junior officers were pressured into changing their statements after the disaster, and told not to write their accounts in their official police pocketbooks. followed in April 2017 on the eve of the 28th anniversary of the disaster after a column by Kelvin MacKenzie concerning Everton footballer Ross Barkley. David Duckenfield was promoted to his role as Chief Superintendent just 19 days before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest … At this fixture, Arsenal players brought flowers onto the pitch and presented them to the Liverpool fans around the stadium before the game commenced. Directed by Daniel Gordon, the 2-hour film chronicles the disaster, the investigations, and their lingering effects; it also included interviews with survivors, victims' relatives, police officers and investigators. We had the media against us, as well as the establishment. Thousands of fans visited and the stadium filled with flowers, scarves and other tributes. [213] The ceremony was attended by survivors of the disaster, families of victims and the Liverpool team, with goalkeeper Pepe Reina leading the team and management staff onto the pitch. [123], Subsequent apologies were released by Prime Minister David Cameron on behalf of the government,[124] Ed Miliband on behalf of the opposition,[125] Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, South Yorkshire Police, and former editor of The Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, who apologised for making false accusations under the headline "The Truth". Holes in the perimeter fencing were made by fans desperately attempting to rescue others. Meanwhile, on the pitch, police, stewards and members of the St John Ambulance service were overwhelmed. [292], In June 2014, an unnamed 24-year-old British civil servant was sacked for posting offensive comments about the disaster on Wikipedia. On match day, radio and television advised fans without tickets not to attend. The T-shirt was red with white details like a Liverpool shirt, and had the number 96 on the back like a football shirt, with the text "Karma" and "What goes around comes back around", and a white rose, as associated with Yorkshire. [298] In another letter written to a Liverpool supporter, also written in 1996, Ingham remarked that people should "shut up about Hillsborough". On 26 July 2000, the judge refused the prosecution's application for a re-trial of Duckenfield. Had it been reversed, the disaster could well have occurred in a similar manner but to Nottingham supporters". The police officer had joined South Yorkshire Police as a cadet at the age of 16, been appointed a constable in 1963 and rapidly rose through the ranks. If he had not said it and the Chief Superintendent had not agreed with it, we would not have gone with it. Several campaigns have attempted to get the government to relax the regulation and allow standing areas to return to Premiership and Championship grounds.[104]. Police presence at the previous year's FA Cup semi-final (also between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest and also at Hillsborough Stadium) had been overseen by Chief Superintendent Brian L. Mole.Mole had supervised numerous police deployments at the stadium in the past. Families believed that Popper was 'too close' to the police. In a letter addressed to a victim's parent, Ingham wrote that the disaster was caused by "tanked up yobs". [78] Relatives later failed to have the inquests reopened to allow more scrutiny of police actions and closer examination of the circumstances of individual cases. Twenty-three years ago I was handed a piece of copy from a reputable news agency in Sheffield, in which a senior police officer and a senior local MP were making serious allegations against fans in the stadium. It is safe to say that the prosecution would not have come about if not for the formation of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. [161][162][163], Following the inquests verdicts, South Yorkshire police announced it would refer the actions of its officers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC). 'You'll never walk alone.'". 183–200. More than 28 years after their deaths, families of the victims gathered to hear the result of their long campaign in Warrington. [35][36], With an estimated 5,000 fans trying to enter through the turnstiles, and increasing safety concerns, the police, to avoid fatalities outside the ground, opened a large exit gate (Gate C) that ordinarily permitted the free flow of supporters departing the stadium. [34] "There's gaps, you know, in parts of the ground. In June 2000 in Leeds Crown Court a Private Prosecution began against David Duckenfield, chief superintendent in charge of policing at Hillsborough on April 15th 1989, and his deputy superintendent Bernard Murray who was in control of the control room at the ground. [188], On 21 August 2018, it was announced that all charges against Bettison were being dropped as the CPS felt that there was insufficient evidence to have a realistic chance of a conviction. By this time, a small gate in the fence had been forced open and some fans escaped via this route, as others continued to climb over the fencing. [267], On 27 April 2016, Times staffers in the sports department expressed their outrage over the paper's decision to cover 26 April inquest, which ruled that the 96 dead were unlawfully killed, only on an inside spread and the sports pages, with some in the newspaper claiming there was a "mutiny" in the sports department. After rising to become Chief Superintendent, one of Mr Duckenfield’s first major tasks was to lead policing at Hillsborough stadium – despite having never commanded a football match. [9], Liverpool and Nottingham Forest met in the semi-final at Hillsborough in 1988, and fans reported crushing at the Leppings Lane end.
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