Summary

  • 96 Hillsborough fans unlawfully killed, inquests conclude

  • The jury had to answer 14 questions about the cause of the 1989 disaster

  • Jurors answered "yes" when asked whether any police error caused or contributed to a dangerous situation

  • The behaviour of Liverpool fans did not contribute to the dangerous situation at the turnstiles

  • South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable David Crompton apologises "unreservedly" to the families and says his force accepts jury's conclusion

  1. Hillsborough inquests: Jury to reveal conclusions into 96 deathspublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    The jury at the Hillsborough inquests will reveal its conclusions later into how 96 football fans were fatally injured in the 1989 stadium disaster.

    HillsbroughImage source, Hillsbrough Inquests

    After hearing more than two years of evidence, the jury of six women and three men began its deliberations on 6 April and finished on Monday.

    The forewoman said at least seven of them had reached agreement on whether the 96 had been unlawfully killed.

  2. Hillsborough campaigner's 'relief'published at 08:38 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Margaret Aspinall, who lost her 18-year-old son James in the disaster, spent more than 20 years trying to secure fresh inquests into the 96 deaths.

    When the jury retired on 6 April to consider its verdict she spoke to reporters.

  3. Media starts to gather outside courtpublished at 08:29 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Journalists and camera crews from around the world have already started to gather outside the specially-built courtroom in Warrington, Cheshire.

    Media in Warrington

    The jury's conclusions will be delivered at 11:00.

  4. What happened at Hillsborough?published at 08:21 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    On 15 April 1989 more than 24,000 Liverpool fans travelled to Sheffield for their club's FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest.

    Hillsborough disaster

    Liverpool supporters were assigned the North and West stands at Hillsborough. In the period before kick-off, a large crowd built up outside the turnstiles at the Leppings Lane end.

    As it gathered an order was given to open an exit gate to relieve turnstile pressure. In the five minutes gate C was open, about 2,000 Liverpool fans entered the stadium. A "significant proportion" headed via a tunnel to the terraces behind the goal, entering "relatively full" central pens that were enclosed on all sides. There was then a severe crush.

  5. Jury to deliver its conclusions at 11:00published at 08:12 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    The jury of seven women and three men retired to consider its conclusions (which used to be known as verdicts) on 6 April.

    Sir John GoldringImage source, John Stillwell/PA
    Image caption,

    Coroner Sir John Goldring

    The following day, one of the female jurors was discharged on medical grounds.

    It was announced on Monday that the jury had finished its deliberations - coroner Sir John Goldring adjourned the inquests in order to give sufficient notice to all interested parties, notably the friends and families of the 96 victims.

  6. Hillsborough's 96 victimspublished at 08:06 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Who were the 96 victims of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster?

    Media caption,

    Hillsborough: Remembering the 96 victims

  7. Hillsborough Inquests Livepublished at 08:00 British Summer Time 26 April 2016

    Good morning and welcome to our special coverage of the conclusion of the Hillsborough inquests into the UK's worst sporting disaster.

    Hillsborough disaster

    Ninety-six football fans were fatally injured in a terrace crush at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on 15 April 1989.

    For more than two years, the jury has been hearing evidence about how and why those 96 people died.