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12/12/2012
Application To Overturn Hillsborough Verdicts Submitted
The High Court will hear an application to quash the original Hillsborough inquest verdicts next Wednesday.
Attorney General Dominic Grieve made the application on Monday.
The decision follows the recently-published Hillsborough Independent Panel's report, which revealed police and emergency services had wittingly attempted to deflect the blame for the disaster on fans.
It also found 164 police statements had been altered. 116 of the statements altered were found to have been changed to remove negative comments about the policing of the match.
The report said 41 of the 96 who died had had the "potential to survive".
Ninety-six Liverpool fans were crushed to death at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 when the club played Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final.
Families of the victims have campaigned for years to overturn the original 1991 accidental death verdicts.
Mr Grieve attributed the move to new medical evidence made public in the Hillsborough Independent Panel report in September.
He said the alteration of evidence was a supporting factor, along with stadium safety.
The application will be heard on Wednesday 19 December by the Chief Justice Lord Judge and two other judges in London.
(IT)
Attorney General Dominic Grieve made the application on Monday.
The decision follows the recently-published Hillsborough Independent Panel's report, which revealed police and emergency services had wittingly attempted to deflect the blame for the disaster on fans.
It also found 164 police statements had been altered. 116 of the statements altered were found to have been changed to remove negative comments about the policing of the match.
The report said 41 of the 96 who died had had the "potential to survive".
Ninety-six Liverpool fans were crushed to death at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough stadium on 15 April 1989 when the club played Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final.
Families of the victims have campaigned for years to overturn the original 1991 accidental death verdicts.
Mr Grieve attributed the move to new medical evidence made public in the Hillsborough Independent Panel report in September.
He said the alteration of evidence was a supporting factor, along with stadium safety.
The application will be heard on Wednesday 19 December by the Chief Justice Lord Judge and two other judges in London.
(IT)
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