Hillsborough Jury Reaches Decisions On Deaths
The Hillsborough inquests jury has reached decisions on all questions related to the deaths of 96 football fans.
Jurors have crucially reached a decision on the one question they had not been able to agree on - whether the fans were unlawfully killed.
Last week they indicated they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict, but the coroner said today he would accept a majority verdict.
The jury has indicated that at least seven of the nine members agree.
Question six asks: "Are you satisfied, so that you are sure, that those who died in the disaster were unlawfully killed?"
The decisions will be announced after 11am tomorrow (26 April) so that all the families are able to make it to the Warrington courtroom.
The two-year inquest into the 1989 tragedy has been the longest jury hearing in British legal history, with more than 800 witnesses giving evidence.
Fourteen questions were put to the jury, and they must also record the time and cause of death for each of the Liverpool fans who died.
The questions include whether failings by Sheffield Wednesday FC or the behaviour of fans contributed to the "dangerous situation" at Hillsborough.
The jury will also answer on the actions of South Yorkshire Ambulance Service and South Yorkshire Police and whether any "error of omission ... caused or contributed to the loss of lives".
The fans died at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest - held at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium - on 15 April 1989.
Thousands were crushed after police gave an order to open a gate, allowing more supporters into the already crowded fenced-in terraces.
During the inquest, family members delivered emotional tributes to the victims in the form of personal portraits.
The original inquest verdict of accidental death was quashed in 2012 after evidence suggested more lives might have been saved had the emergency response been more effective.
Hillsborough Jury Reaches Decisions On Deaths