Following the publication of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report in September 2012 and the subsequent quashing of the original inquest verdicts, investigations were launched by the Independent Police Complaints Commission and Operation Resolve.
The new inquests into the tragedy concluded in April 2016 with determinations of unlawful killing in the case of each and every one of the 96 victims of the events on April 15, 1989.
In January this year, the IPCC and Operation Resolve referred files of evidence from their investigations to the CPS for consideration of possible offences.
Today’s statement said…
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has today (June 28) announced its charging decisions in relation to the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath.