Hillsborough wait nearly over

Families of the 96 football fans killed in the Hillsborough disaster will finally learn on Tuesday whether a jury has accepted that their loved ones were unlawfully killed.

After the longest jury hearing in British legal history, inquest conclusions have finally been reached.

Jurors who have listened to two years of evidence told the coroner, Sir John Goldring, that they have reached decisions on all 14 questions put to them before they began their deliberations.

They were sent out to consider their conclusions on April 6, and indicated last week that they had agreed on all questions, apart from one on whether the fans were unlawfully killed. 

But after being told by the coroner that he would accept a majority of the nine members of the jury, it was revealed that seven had reached agreement. 

The hearing was adjourned until Tuesday, when they will formally announce the …

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