Hillsborough inquests: Jury reaches decision on unlawful killing question

Hillsborough inquests: Jury reaches decision on unlawful killing question


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Image captionThe inquests into the deaths of 96 fans have been the longest in UK legal history

Jurors have reached a majority decision on whether the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster were unlawfully killed.
The jury of six women and three men had been deliberating since 6 April after hearing evidence for two years.
The forewoman said at least seven of the nine jurors had reached agreement on the unlawful killing question in a 14-section questionnaire.
The conclusions will be formally returned at 11:00 BST on Tuesday.
Jurors had already reached unanimous conclusions for 13 of the questions. The remaining question - for which they were given a majority direction- asked whether the 96 were unlawfully killed.
To answer yes, jurors must be "sure" that Ch Supt David Duckenfield, who was in overall command of the police operation, was "responsible for the manslaughter by gross negligence" of those who died.
credit goes to: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36128693
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