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April 15th 1989:Hillsborough Football Disaster.
Hillsborough update July 2003
Latest Hillsborough Justice Campaign Press release (July 2003)
Anne Williams is the chairperson of The Hillsborough Justice
Campaign. She is a bereaved mother and the Campaign itself is controlled
by the families and survivors. The campaign continues the fight for
justice for the dead, the bereaved and the survivors of the Hillsborough
Disaster, and meets each Monday evening at the offices in Oakfield Road.
These meetings, as well as the support she receives, give Anne the resolve
to continue the fight for justice for her son, Kevin.
Hillsborough was Kevin's first away trip to watch the reds, and he arrived early
at the ground, standing near the front of pen 3. When a senior police officer
gave the order to open the exit gates in order to ease the build-up
of fans waiting outside, most fans headed straight for the central
pens. These pens were already full but the police made no attempt to
divert fans to the unfilled pens on the wings. Sheffield Wednesday
FC had not thought it necessary to signpost the fact that entry could
be gained to the terracing without entering through the central tunnels.
Those unfamiliar with the ground headed for the most obvious entry, which
was through the tunnels at Leppings Lane into the pens which were already
full. Once in, there was no way out.
Kevin was caught up in the ensuing crush, and at about 3.28pm
his body was pulled out of the crowd by other desperate fans, who
carried him to the North Stand on an advertising hoarding. There,
an off-duty police officer, who was attending the match as a supporter,
noticed Kevin moving. Together with a St John's ambulance man they
attempted heart massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, eventually
they found a pulse. They tried to get him to an ambulance but the
only ambulance that the police had allowed onto the pitch drove
straight past to the original scene of the disaster. At around
3.37 another ambulance man shone a light into Kevin's eyes and
pronounced him dead……..he was not.
Debra Martin, a Sheffield Special Constable, made a statement
revealing how she escorted Kevin's body to a makeshift mortuary set up
in the gymnasium below the ground's North Stand. She attempted, once
again, to resuscitate Kevin and amazingly found a pulse. As she cradled
Kevin in her arms, he opened his eyes, murmured the word "mum" and
slumped back. At 4.00pm Kevin died in her arms.
Debra Martin's evidence has never been heard in open court,
indeed when the inquest into the disaster was held the coroner
imposed a cut-off time of 3.15pm. No evidence of events after
this time has ever been heard in a UK court, which effectively
ruled out evidence into how the victims were treated in the aftermath
of the disaster. Peter Carney, a member of HJC, for example, was left
for dead by authorities, until a friend saw and helped him.
Specifically in Kevin's case, it was assumed he was
dead by 3.15. At the very least witnesses who claimed to the
contrary should have been called to give evidence to the jury.
Other pertinent facts were omitted from evidence. Oxygen tanks,
which could have saved Kevin's life, were available but remained
outside the stadium as the ambulances that contained them were
not allowed inside. The Police officers, trained in emergency
situations, who should have assisted in the admission of these
ambulances, stood idly by in a cordon across the halfway line
allegedly in an attempt to keep rival fans apart.
A verdict of accidental death was recorded against Kevin and the other
victims, with "Traumatic Asphyxia" being given as the cause of death.
The inquests were the longest in British legal history (at one point
the coroner insensitively announced that 'We are now eligible for The
Guinness Book of Records"). In 1993 a Judicial Review ruled that it
was not 'in the public interest' to re-open the inquests. A scrutiny
chaired by Lord Justice Stuart Smith in 1997 concluded that there would
be no new public inquiry into the disaster or its aftermath. In June
200, bereaved families brought a private prosecution against Chief
Superintendent David Duckenfield, who was in overall command at
Hillsborough and his deputy, Superintendent Bernard Murray.
Murray was acquitted whilst the jury failed to reach a verdict
over Duckenfield. It was later revealed that if either had been
found guilty they would not have faced a custodial sentence, as
this had been agreed in a pre-hearing judgement.
Over thirteen years later Anne Williams, members
of the HJC and Liverpool fans remain as determined as ever
to establish accountability over the events of 15th April
1989. They refuse to accept the verdict of 'Accidental Death'
and argue that by imposing the cut-off point of 3.15pm, the
coroner effectively ruled out a verdict, which could have incorporated
'Lack of Care'.
Kevin Williams died through 'Lack of Care'. His mother,
Anne, has courted the opinion of countless professionals, amongst
them eminent forensic pathologists, all of whom reject "Traumatic
Asphyxia" as a cause of death. The most recent to support Anne's
case is the Home Office Consultant Pathologist Dr Nathanial Cary,
effectively the leading UK expert in the field of forensic pathology.
His views concur with those of Dr James Burns and Dr Iain West before
him, both very highly experienced and highly regarded forensic
pathologists.
In a report soon to be submitted to the Attorney General,
as part of a memorial to have the inquest into the death of Kevin
Williams re-opened, Dr Cary writes:
"I support the view that Dr Slater [pathologist who carried out
the autopsy on Kevin] was incorrect in ascribing death as being due to
traumatic asphyxia when the term is used properly. Based on the
pathological findings described by him and the external findings
that I have seen in photographs, the appropriate cause of death
should now have been 'compression of the neck'."
Dr Cary goes on to explain that Kevin may not have
died had relatively simple medical procedures taken place,
equipment such as oxygen and tubing may have saved Kevin's life.
Anne Williams will submit this report of Dr Cary, along with
other new evidence, to the Attorney General and will be asking him to
quash the verdict on Kevin. She will be arguing that Kevin died of
injuries other than those established at the inquest and that he
possibly could have been saved had he received the correct treatment
at the time. She will also state that as a result of the imposed
3.15pm cut-off, Kevin never received a fair hearing and this is
in contradiction of his fundamental human rights.
In spite of all the previous set-backs and the deep-seated
failure of the British Legal System to provide Justice for her
dead son, Anne Williams remains optimistic:
"The legal system has failed us many times but I believe
that in the end the truth will win out. We just have to keep chipping
away at the brick wall the legal system has placed in front of us.
96 people died because of a lack of care. This needs to be acknowledged.
Maybe then, the dead can rest in peace."
A more complete account of Anne Williams fight for justice
can be found in her book "When You Walk Through A Storm". *
The Website for the HJC is here
With email info@hillsboroughjustice.org.uk
Justice for The Hillsborough Victims
*You can buy Anne's Book through the HJC website
here - you can
also read the first two chapters here on Kirkby Times.
You can also read the stories of other bereaved parents and survivors
on the HJC website, plus browse through almost 13 years of archives from
the excellent Liverpool fanzine 'Through the wind and rain'
Good luck to anyone out there who is fighting for justice.
As many of the Hillsborough families and survivors know - it's like hitting
your head against a brick wall, or as one survivor put it 'I feel like that
bloke off the movie Midnight Express who walks the wrong way around the pillar'
- you may need to see the movie to get that point - it was just a Scouser
making light of what was for him a terrible experience.
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