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‘Another bitter injustice’ say Hillsborough families as report finds ‘fundamental failures’ by police

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United Kingdom

Tuesday, December 2


Some never got to hear today's findings, lawyer sayspublished at 09:24

At the press conference, lawyer Nicola Brook reiterates her earlier statement, emphasising that no one will be held to account for what happened, despite today's police watchdog report.

Brook says it has taken 36 years to reach today's conclusions - and years after a number of other inquests delivered their findings.

"The evidence that has allowed the IOPC to draw its conclusions has been there all that time," she says.

Brook continues, saying two of her clients have died while waiting for fresh inquests, and that some families never got to see the verdict of unlawful killing in 2016.

"They have all been denied the opportunity to hear these findings," she says."They deserve better."

She finishes by calling on the government to extend the Hillsborough Law - which will force public bodies to cooperate fully with investigations or potentially face criminal sanctions - to IOPC investigations "without any caveats".

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