STORY: "Hillsborough inquests venue confirmed," by reporter Mike Whalley, published by ESPNFC on October 16, 2013.
GIST: "The victims of the disaster were crushed to death on an overcrowded section of terracing at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough, home of Sheffield Wednesday, on April 15, 1989. Original inquests, conducted by Dr Stefan Popper, returned verdicts of accidental death in March 1991. Campaigners have maintained that those verdicts, and the manner in which the inquests were conducted, prevented a proper investigation into the role of the police and emergency services on the day of the tragedy. An independent report, published in September 2012, cleared fans of any blame for the disaster and highlighted the extent to which the police and emergency services had attempted to cover up their own culpability. That report has prompted a series of legal moves designed to bring those to blame for the tragedy to justice. The original inquest verdicts were quashed in December, two months after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the UK's police watchdog, announced that it would carry out a two-year investigation into both the role played by officers on the day and the subsequent cover-up. A second investigation, named Operation Resolve and focusing on possible criminal behaviour by any people or bodies with responsibility for fan safety at Hillsborough, was set up in December and is being headed up by former Durham chief constable Jon Stoddart. Both the IPCC investigation and the Stoddart inquiry have their headquarters in Warrington."
The entire story can be found at:
GIST: "The victims of the disaster were crushed to death on an overcrowded section of terracing at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough, home of Sheffield Wednesday, on April 15, 1989. Original inquests, conducted by Dr Stefan Popper, returned verdicts of accidental death in March 1991. Campaigners have maintained that those verdicts, and the manner in which the inquests were conducted, prevented a proper investigation into the role of the police and emergency services on the day of the tragedy. An independent report, published in September 2012, cleared fans of any blame for the disaster and highlighted the extent to which the police and emergency services had attempted to cover up their own culpability. That report has prompted a series of legal moves designed to bring those to blame for the tragedy to justice. The original inquest verdicts were quashed in December, two months after the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the UK's police watchdog, announced that it would carry out a two-year investigation into both the role played by officers on the day and the subsequent cover-up. A second investigation, named Operation Resolve and focusing on possible criminal behaviour by any people or bodies with responsibility for fan safety at Hillsborough, was set up in December and is being headed up by former Durham chief constable Jon Stoddart. Both the IPCC investigation and the Stoddart inquiry have their headquarters in Warrington."
The entire story can be found at:
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1584700/hillsborough-inquests-venue-confirmed?cc=5901
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