Friday, February 15, 2013

Hillsborough Disaster: UK: A coroner has been appointed to head the fresh inquest; New police investigation and Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry are also under way. Victims had been wrongly blamed for deaths at stadium.


STORY: "Premier League - Hillsborough inquest coroner named: A coroner has been appointeed to the fresh inquest into the deaths of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster, and pledged to open the inquiry as soon as possible," published by UK Eurosport on February 13, 2013.

GIST:  "A new inquest into the deaths of the Liverpool supporters at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on April 15 1989 was ordered after the original verdicts were quashed by the High Court in December. Lord Justice Goldring has been appointed as assistant deputy coroner for the inquiry and will decide in due course where the inquests will be held, the Judiciary said.......... The fresh inquest into the disaster was ordered when a panel of three High Court judges, headed by the Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, quashed the accidental death verdicts. A damning report laying bare a cover-up which attempted to shift the blame for the tragedy on to its victims was published last September. A new police investigation, as well as an inquiry by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) are also being conducted."
The entire story can be found at:

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-hillsborough-inquest-coroner-named-105157272.html

Wikipedia entry: "The 1989 Hillsborough disaster was a human crush which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest football clubs on 15 April 1989 at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England. The crush resulted in the deaths of 96 people and injuries to 766 others.  The incident remains the worst stadium-related disaster in British history and one of the world's worst football disasters.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_disaster

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