When trying to jump over the fence, the fans were pushed back to the sector by the police, which did not allow the entry of ambulances. As a result, only 14 of the victims were zawiezionych to the hospital; as many as 82 people died on the spot. Memorial submitted after the disaster, among others, Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II and US President George H. Bush.
Tuesday’s court decision is considered a victory for the campaign “Justice for the 96″ led by Liverpool supporters since the first judgment in 1991, which declared disaster for “accidental death”, blaming – as the British press – badly-behaved fans, which was considered kibicowska community for trying to cover negligence and avoid responsibility. This decision has been amended by an independent expert panel in 2012 after repeated appeals from the families of the victims.
The most popular British tabloid “The Sun” a few days after the disaster has posted the cover of “It’s the truth,” and accused supporters m.in . of robbing the corpses and urinating on policemen. The newspaper published its apology only in 2004, writing that “made a most disgusting mistake in history”, however, remained the symbol of the campaign of lies and slanders directed against the supporters of Liverpool.
On Tuesday, a court in Warrington unanimously answered negatively to the question of responsibility supporters, while taking unanimous decisions on “serious” negligence on the part of police, emergency services, designers of the stadium and managing object authority Sheffield Wednesday.
the key part of the judgment lay judges – six women and three men, a majority of 7 votes for and 2 against – recognize the situation for unintentional murder of 96 supporters, opening the way for the opening of criminal cases against those responsible for the disaster, including the chief of police action in the stadium on the day of the disaster, now a retired policeman David Duckenfieldowi. The prosecution estimates that the analysis of the submitted documents will last until the end of the year, and any decisions will be able to be taken before then.
More than two years of judicial investigation was the longest in the history of the British judiciary. Many family members – gathered in Warrington during Tuesday’s reading of the decision – attended almost every day of the proceedings from April 2014.
After reading the judgment of the victims’ families sang in front of the courthouse anthem of Liverpool, “You Will Never Walk Alone” ( “Do not you walk alone”), then chanting “Justice for the 96″. Margaret Aspinall, head of the association of families of the victims announced that after 27 years of disaster now, after the judgment adjudicating guilt of the police “can finally pick up the death certificate of her son giving the true cause of death.”
After a short break, court resumed the meeting, reading in turn name and the cause and time of death of each of the 96 victims of the disaster.
British Prime Minister David Cameron wrote in the social network Twitter that he would “honor the extraordinary courage of families demanding the truth,” adding that tuesday’s judgment is a sign of “justice, we have been waiting too long.” The opposition party the Liberal Democrats expect an official apology addressed to the families of the victims during the meeting of the House of Commons.
The proceedings after the Hillsborough disaster led to the development of new standards for security actions on objects football in the UK. Published in the January 1990 report recommended, among others, Taylor elimination of standing places, as well as changes in the system of turnstiles when entering the building, fence off and the organization of movement of people in the stadiums.
As a result, most of the UK’s biggest football stadiums have been significantly restructured to meet the new demands. Some of the teams had even demolish old buildings, incurring huge costs of building new stadiums.
As part of the commemoration of the dead supporters, Liverpool ruled out staging in the future for any match on the anniversary of the disaster, April 15. In 2009, the club has asked to postpone his quarter-final match of the Champions League because of this.
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