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Jury finds Hillsborough victims were unlawfully killed

After 27 years of campaigning from bereaved families and the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, a jury has ruled that police errors lead to the "unlawful killing" of Liverpool fans.

A jury has found that the 96 Liverpool supporters who died during the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 were unlawfully killed.

The six women and three men finished their deliberations on Monday, having retired to consider more than two years of evidence during the inquiry into the events of the FA Cup match on April 15, 1989 between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool.

The decision comes after years of campaigning from bereaved families and the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, which sought the disclosure of the true causes behind the tragedy.