The UK Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC, today announced he would apply to the high court to quash the original verdicts of 'accidental death' of all 96 killed at Hillsborough.
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23 years after the disaster, the degree of the cover up by the police, press and politicians was fully exposed on the 12th September with the release of a report by the Hillsborough Independent Panel.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Grieve said:
"I will apply to have every one of those 96 inquests quashed.
"I believe that these deaths, arising as they do from a common chain of events, should all be considered afresh."
Liverpool Walton MP, Steve Rotheram, said on his website:
“Following the publication of the truth in the Hillsborough Independent Panel Report, today marks one of the biggest steps forward in the fight for justice for the families in 23 years.
“The undeniable fact is that the original inquest was unsound and this application, if successful, will mean that evidence will be able to be heard after the 3.15pm cut off imposed by the original Coroner in the 1989 inquests.
“For the first time in over two decades, all the evidence can now be reviewed into the disaster and potentially a new verdict recorded on the death certificates of the deceased.
“At long last, the full horror of Hillsborough will be on the public record alongside the names of the people and the organisations that are accountable for what happened.”
The news comes shortly after the IPCC and Director of Public Prosecutions announced investigations in to Police criminality surrounding the disaster.