30/09/2013

Warrington To Host New Hillsborough Inquest

The new inquest into the Hillsborough disaster will be held in Warrington, coroner Lord Justice Goldring has said.

The fresh inquest into the deaths of 96 people will begin on March 31, following an order made in December when the High Court quashed the original verdicts of accidental death.

Details of the venue are to be announced at a later date.

(MH/IT)

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