Post by Redz on Nov 22, 2005 18:53:03 GMT
THE mother of a Hillsborough disaster victim has launched a legal attempt to have an inquest into the tragedy reopened.
Anne Williams, whose 15-year-old son Kevin was killed in the disaster, presented a dossier to the Attorney General's office yesterday arguing for a new inquest.
Mrs Williams, from Formby, disputes the original inquest ruling on the disaster on April 15 1989, in which 96 people lost their lives.
The inquest found that all those who died at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield were dead by 3.15pm after suffering "traumatic asphyxia".
However, the inquest did not hear evidence from after 3.15pm, because it was assumed that all of the victims were dead by that time.
Mrs Williams, of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, claims her son was still alive at 4pm, by which time he and other victims had been moved from Leppings Lane to the Hillsborough gymnasium.
At the heart of this issue is the belief, long held by the Hillsborough families, that the Major Incident Plan was never initiated by South Yorkshire police and Liverpool supporters were denied emergency medical attention.
Mrs Williams, who has two other children, is bringing her new case under the Human Rights Act. This covers relatives' rights to an effective inquiry, which Mrs Williams believes she did not get.
Her legal claim is that, because of the cut-off time, there was no independent inquiry into emergency response or emergency planning, nor whether any failings had an impact on her son's death.
Included in the dossier presented to the Attorney General are statements from the woman police officer who cradled Kevin as he died, and testimony from doctors who dispute the cause of death given by the original coroner.
Before the presentation of the dossier, a church service for Hillsborough victims took place at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, London, at midday.
The service was led by Liverpool Auxiliary Bishop Tom Williams and attracted hundreds of London-based supporters.
Mrs Williams said afterwards: "It was a lovely service - a bit sad, but nice. "There were nearly 500 people there from all over the country to remember the 96 people who lost their lives at Hillsborough, with the justice flag in front of the altar."
Mrs Williams said she had spent two years working on the new case.
She continued: "It is based on Kevin's right to a full investigation into how he died, and my right to know how he died."
The official Taylor Report into the disaster blamed a "failure of police control."
The disaster occurred at the Sheffield Wednesday ground where Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final.
Anne Williams, whose 15-year-old son Kevin was killed in the disaster, presented a dossier to the Attorney General's office yesterday arguing for a new inquest.
Mrs Williams, from Formby, disputes the original inquest ruling on the disaster on April 15 1989, in which 96 people lost their lives.
The inquest found that all those who died at the Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield were dead by 3.15pm after suffering "traumatic asphyxia".
However, the inquest did not hear evidence from after 3.15pm, because it was assumed that all of the victims were dead by that time.
Mrs Williams, of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, claims her son was still alive at 4pm, by which time he and other victims had been moved from Leppings Lane to the Hillsborough gymnasium.
At the heart of this issue is the belief, long held by the Hillsborough families, that the Major Incident Plan was never initiated by South Yorkshire police and Liverpool supporters were denied emergency medical attention.
Mrs Williams, who has two other children, is bringing her new case under the Human Rights Act. This covers relatives' rights to an effective inquiry, which Mrs Williams believes she did not get.
Her legal claim is that, because of the cut-off time, there was no independent inquiry into emergency response or emergency planning, nor whether any failings had an impact on her son's death.
Included in the dossier presented to the Attorney General are statements from the woman police officer who cradled Kevin as he died, and testimony from doctors who dispute the cause of death given by the original coroner.
Before the presentation of the dossier, a church service for Hillsborough victims took place at St George's Cathedral, Southwark, London, at midday.
The service was led by Liverpool Auxiliary Bishop Tom Williams and attracted hundreds of London-based supporters.
Mrs Williams said afterwards: "It was a lovely service - a bit sad, but nice. "There were nearly 500 people there from all over the country to remember the 96 people who lost their lives at Hillsborough, with the justice flag in front of the altar."
Mrs Williams said she had spent two years working on the new case.
She continued: "It is based on Kevin's right to a full investigation into how he died, and my right to know how he died."
The official Taylor Report into the disaster blamed a "failure of police control."
The disaster occurred at the Sheffield Wednesday ground where Liverpool were playing Nottingham Forest in an FA Cup semi-final.