27 years after the Hillsborough stadium disaster the jury ruled
that 96 people had been unlawfully killed.
The nine-strong jury concluded after two years of hearings that
the police, the ambulance service, the hosts (Sheffield Wednesday
Football Club) and their consultant engineers all made errors that
contributed to the deaths. A majority determined that those who
died were unlawfully killed. The jurors also determined that the
behaviour of the fans was not responsible for the disaster.
Clyde & Co's Siobhan Mullins is the legal advisor to
Operation Resolve, the independent investigation established to
conduct the new criminal inquiry into the events leading up to, and
including, the Hillsborough disaster. Operation Resolve also
undertook the investigation on behalf of the coroner.
