Hillsborough unlawful killing ruling ends ‘greatest miscarriage of justice’

The jury also ruled that fan behaviour did not cause or contribute to the tragedy.

Families of the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the Hillsborough disaster declared that justice had finally been done as an inquest jury concluded that the tragedy was caused by the police and the victims had been unlawfully killed.

Lawyers acting for the families said the conclusions, at the end of the longest jury case in British legal history, had completely vindicated their tireless 27-year battle.