After 27 years of legal battle from the family of the 96 fans that sadly lost their lives at Hillsborough disaster, a court has founded that the 1989 victims were unlawfully killed.
As written by BBC News, the jury held match commander Ch Supt David Duckenfield’s actions as leading to "gross negligence", as the actions of the fans that was previously blamed by the police as the cause of the tragic incident was exonerated.
In addition, the jury had decided that the lethal crash that claimed the lives of many during an FA Cup match between the Reds and Nottingham Forest was in fact aided and made more dangerous by the errors of police.
The six women and three men that made up the jury were met with a warm round of applause as they left the court in Warrington, as Liverpool’s famous “You’ll Never Walk Alone” anthem rung with scarves of the Merseyside giants being raised.
The end of this long battle may finally hand closure to the family of the victims who fought to dig the true details behind the tragedy, campaigning for the release of documents which could have proved whether or not the victims could have been helped had help been quicker to reach the scene.
Leading campaigners in the case were seen embracing each other in tears, as the families stated that the final decision "completely vindicate" their long battle.
