Such an unrealistic approach gives cause for anxiety as to whether lessons have been learnt".[105]. Tuesday 26 April 2016, 6:25pm Details of how and when the 96 Hillsborough disaster victims died: John Alfred Anderson, 62 - Cause of death: traumatic rupture of the abdominal aorta. [266] Following the second inquest in 2016, The Sun's eighth and ninth pages carried images of the 96 victims and an editorial which apologised "unreservedly", saying "the police smeared [supporters] with a pack of lies which in 1989 the Sun and other media swallowed whole". [123] The number is based on post-mortem examinations which found some victims may have had heart, lung or blood circulation function for some time after being removed from the crush. [191] The ruling also noted that the original statements had neither been destroyed, nor had they been ordered to be destroyed. Andrew Devine, 55, died on Tuesday, his family said in a statement released by Liverpool FC. He faced no charge in respect of the death of Tony Bland, who died four years after the disaster. [43], The crowd in the Leppings Lane Stand spilt onto the pitch, where the many injured and traumatised fans who had climbed to safety congregated. Jones stated that minutes after the disaster, Duckenfield "deceitfully and dishonestly" told senior FA officials that the supporters had forced the gate open. Rather than establishing crowd safety as their top priority, the clubs, local authorities and police viewed their roles and responsibilities through the 'lens of hooliganism'. It was held that claimants who watched the disaster on television/listened on radio were not 'proximal' and their claims were rejected. The Hillsborough memorial at Anfield (featuring the names of the 96 who lost their lives, and an eternal flame) was located next to the Shankly Gates before it was moved to the front of the redeveloped main stand in 2016. [321], On the 20th anniversary of the disaster, BBC Radio 4 produced an episode of their series The Reunion on the subject of Hillsborough. [17] From 1974, when these security standards were put in place, crushes occurred in several English stadiums. Williams was portrayed by Maxine Peake, whose performance was described in The Guardian as "almost unwatchably intense".[327]. The Crown Prosecution Service subsequently dropped all charges against one of the defendants. 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. The clock at the Kop End stood still at 3:06pm, the time that the referee had blown his whistle in 1989 and a minute's silence was held, the start signalled by match referee from that day, Ray Lewis. [200] On 28November 2019, Duckenfield was found not guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. [148] The jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing in respect of all 96 victims (by majority verdict of 72). [128], The evidence it released online included altered police reports. They organised a sensible compensation scheme and moved on. In the email, which came to light as the result of a Freedom of Information request, Crompton had said that the families' "version of certain events has become 'the truth' even though it isn't". The findings concluded that 164 witness statements had been altered. [228], A song was released to mark the 20th anniversary, entitled "Fields of Anfield Road" which peaked at No. was played at Celtic Park, Glasgow, between the home club and Liverpool. The anniversary was also marked by a minute's silence at the weekend's league games and FA Cup semi-finals. By 22 October 2012, the names of at least 1,444 serving and former police officers had been referred to the IPCC investigation. [4] Private prosecutions brought by the Hillsborough Families Support Group against Duckenfield and his deputy Bernard Murray failed in 2000. It's too little, too late. He added it would be like making jokes about the 2002 Bali bombings, in which eight fewer Australians were killed. September 2012 Hillsborough disaster report (7.25 megabytes), 1915 British football match-fixing scandal, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hillsborough_disaster&oldid=1141795975, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from January 2022, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Articles to be expanded from January 2022, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from December 2021, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2023, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Christine Gifford, expert in the field of access to information. [188], On 28 June 2017, it was announced that six people were to be charged with offences in relation to the disaster. [26][27] The terrace was divided into five pens when the club was promoted to the First Division in 1984, and a crush barrier near the access tunnel was removed in 1986 to improve the flow of fans entering and exiting the central enclosure. After a 27-year campaign by victims' families, the behaviour of Liverpool fans was exonerated. Margaret Aspinall, chairperson of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, asked for a face to face meeting with Hunt before deciding if she would[needs update] accept the apology. This was unlikely at the beginning of a match. "[255], In their history of The Sun, Peter Chippendale and Chris Horrie wrote:[256]. Candles were lit for each of the 96 people who died. [252], The story accompanying The Sun headlines claimed "drunken Liverpool fans viciously attacked rescue workers as they tried to revive victims" and "police officers, firemen and ambulance crew were punched, kicked and urinated upon". Devine died in 2021, as a consequence of the injuries sustained at Hillsborough, with his death being ruled by the coroner to have been an unlawful killing, raising the total death toll of the disaster to 97.[73][74][75]. 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It was performed by Lord Justice Stuart-Smith. In a post-match briefing to discuss the incident, Sheffield Wednesday chairman Bert McGee remarked: "Bollocksno one would have been killed". [221], The event was remembered with a ceremony at Anfield attended by over 28,000 people. Trust v Bland [1993] A.C. 789, a landmark House of Lords decision in English criminal law, that allowed the life-support machine of Tony Bland, a Hillsborough victim in a persistent vegetative state, to be switched off. [134][135][136][137] Calls were also made for Sir Dave Richards to resign as chairman of the Premier League and give up his knighthood as a result of his conduct at Sheffield Wednesday at the time of the disaster. Of those who died, 79 were aged under 30, 38 of whom were under 20, and all but three of the victims were aged under 50. A memorial at Hillsborough stadium, unveiled on the tenth anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 1999, reads: "In memory of the 96 men, women, and children who tragically died and the countless people whose lives were changed forever. [46]:142 [51], Condolences flooded in from across the world, led by the Queen. The turnstiles didn't seem to be letting people through very quickly, and the crowd was really building up. [5][6], The first coroner's inquests into the Hillsborough disaster, completed in 1991, concluded with verdicts of accidental death in respect of all the deceased. fans had died (a 96th fan died in 1993, and 97th in 2021).An interim report was published in August 1989 . [148][306] Following continued criticism of Crompton in the wake of the unlawful killing verdict, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings suspended Crompton from duty on 27April 2016. 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[250][251] The Daily Express also carried Patnick's version, under the headline "Police Accuse Drunken Fans" which gave Patnick's views, saying he had told Margaret Thatcher, while escorting her on a tour of the ground after the disaster, of the "mayhem caused by drunks" and that policemen told him they were "hampered, harassed, punched and kicked".