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Ninety-six football fans who died as a result of a crush in the
1989 Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed, the inquests
have concluded.
The jury found match commander Ch Supt David Duckenfield
was "responsible for manslaughter by gross negligence" due to
a breach of his duty of care.
Police errors also added to a dangerous situation at the FA
Cup semi-final.
The prime minister said the inquests had provided "official
confirmation" fans were "utterly blameless".
After a 27-year campaign by victims' families, the behaviour of
Liverpool fans was exonerated.
The jury found they did not contribute to the danger unfolding
at the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end of Sheffield
Wednesday's ground on 15 April 1989.
How the disaster unfolded
What the police chief knew
Five key mistakes
Families and players react to conclusions
Nine jurors reached unanimous decisions on all but one of the
14 questions at the inquests into Britain's worst sporting
disaster.
The coroner Sir John Goldring said he would accept a majority
decision about whether the fans were unlawfully killed - seven
jurors agreed they were.
When the conclusion of the unlawful killing was revealed,
families were seen hugging each other in the public gallery and
some punched the air.
When considering how each of the 96 victims died the jury
concluded many died well after 15:15 on the day of the match.
The coroner at the original inquest in 1991, Dr Stefan Popper,
said he would not hear any evidence relating to deaths beyond
that time because he believed all the victims had died, or
suffered fatal injuries, by then.
The deaths were ruled accidental and those verdicts were
quashed following the 2012 Hillsborough Independent Panel
report, and new hearings were ordered.
The new inquests found the direct medical cause of death
was compression asphyxia in all but three of the victims.
The earliest time of death was estimated from 14:57 and the
last up to 17:00.
Tony Bland, the 96th victim, died in 1993 after being left brain
damaged, due to or as a consequence of compression
asphyxia.
The jury also concluded:
Police errors caused a dangerous situation at the
turnstiles
Failures by commanding officers caused a crush on the
terraces
There were mistakes in the police control box over the
order to open the Leppings Lane end exit gates
Defects at the stadium, including calculations over crowd
capacity, contributed to the disaster
There was an error in the safety certification of the
Hillsborough stadium
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) and South Yorkshire
Ambulance Service (SYAS) delayed declaring a major
incident
The emergency response was therefore delayed
Sheffield Wednesday failed to approve the plans for
dedicated turnstiles for each pen
There was inadequate signage at the club and misleading
information on match tickets
Club officials should have requested a delay in kick off as
they were aware of a huge number of fans outside shortly
before the game was due to start
14 questions the jury answered
Hillsborough Inquests: Coverage as it happened
At the scene: Judith Moritz, BBC News
The families clapped as the jury left the Hillsborough inquests
in Warrington. One woman shouted "God bless the jury."
There were lots of tears as lawyers hugged the families and
the shadow home secretary Andy Burnham hugged the
families in court.
There were lawyers crying, Andy Burnham was crying and the
families were hugging. People said they couldn't take in the
enormity of it all.
Trevor Hicks, whose daughters Sarah and Vicky died, told me:
"We've done it."
A spontaneous chorus of "You'll Never Walk Alone" was sung
outside the courtroom as people raised Liverpool flags above
their heads.
Leading campaigners Margaret Aspinall and Trevor Hicks were
seen hugging each other in tears.
Ms Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son James died in the
disaster, said: "I think we have changed a part of history now -
I think that's the legacy the 96 have left."
Barry Devonside, father of Christopher who died aged 18,