Jurors at the Hillsborough inquests have completed their deliberations on all the questions asked of them, and will deliver their verdict tomorrow morning.
Earlier on Monday, the jury had been told they can return a majority decision on whether the 96 victims were unlawfully killed. They’ve reportedly reached unanimous decisions on all 13 other questions posed.
The jury, which consists of three men and six women, have been deliberating since April 6, after hearing over two years of evidence. They must agree with a majority of seven whether the supporters were unlawfully killed in the tragedy, which took place on April 15, 1989, as part of a 14-section questionnaire.
Speaking at the hearing in Warrington, coroner Sir John Goldring said he would accept a majority decision.
The sixth question asks the jury members whether they felt the 96 Liverpool supporters that died that day were unlawfully killed.
If answering ‘yes’ to that particular question, jurors must be “sure” that Chief Supt David Duckenfield – the man in overall command of the police operation that day – was “responsible for the manslaughter by gross negligence” of the victims.
