0:00:01 > 0:00:07# Walk on with hope in your heart
0:00:07 > 0:00:12# And you'll never walk alone... #
0:00:12 > 0:00:15It was the result they fought for, but barely believed they'd get.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18The conclusion of unlawful killing on the 96 people
0:00:18 > 0:00:22who died at Hillsborough exploded the myth that Liverpool fans
0:00:22 > 0:00:26had caused the greatest peacetime disaster of our generation,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30and laid the blame squarely at the feet of the authorities.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33The Hillsborough disaster was entirely avoidable,
0:00:33 > 0:00:35as the jury has found.
0:00:35 > 0:00:36It was no accident.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38It was no natural phenomenon.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41It was caused by catastrophic human failure,
0:00:41 > 0:00:44but above all, it was a catastrophic policing failure.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48It's unlikely this would have been possible
0:00:48 > 0:00:51without the tenacity of one woman.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Driven by a mother's love for her child -
0:00:53 > 0:00:56a woman who refused to give in.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Until it's heard openly in an open court room
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and I get a new inquest on him,
0:01:00 > 0:01:03and I can get the death certificate changed,
0:01:03 > 0:01:04I can't put Kevin to rest.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Tonight, we bring you the story of Anne Williams -
0:01:09 > 0:01:14an ordinary mum who went on an extraordinary search for truth.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Her legacy is continued by her family,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and we were given exclusive access to them
0:01:19 > 0:01:21throughout the new inquest process.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23This is the day of reckoning.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25If we don't get them now, we'll never get them.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28This is the story of their quest for justice.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46He was a good brother, he baby-sat me a lot
0:01:46 > 0:01:49when my mum went to work and went out.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I just remember him being happy-go-lucky
0:01:52 > 0:01:54and always kicking a football.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00And even doing his homework for school,
0:02:00 > 0:02:02he loved school.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04A nice lad, a nice...
0:02:04 > 0:02:06A good-looking lad and a good sportsman,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08he was good at everything.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10He put his heart and soul into everything he did.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14The semifinal in Sheffield on the 15th of April, 1989,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest
0:02:16 > 0:02:20was 15-year-old Kevin Williams' first away match without an adult -
0:02:20 > 0:02:23a reward for working hard at school.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26I did his packed lunch and everything the night before.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28And as he was walking out of the door,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31we saw him that morning, because I got him up,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34and as he walked out the door I said, "I hope they win, Kev."
0:02:34 > 0:02:37"No worries, Mum - 3-0." And off he went.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39That was the last time I saw him.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Kevin and his friends arrived for the match in plenty of time
0:02:43 > 0:02:47and found themselves a place in pen three of the Leppings Lane Terrace -
0:02:47 > 0:02:50a pen which became fatally overcrowded
0:02:50 > 0:02:53when police ordered an exit gate to be opened
0:02:53 > 0:02:54to ease congestion outside.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00We just thought it was a pitch invasion.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I remember I said to my mum... Because she'd ran out of ciggies,
0:03:04 > 0:03:07so she was nipping to the Legion to get some.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I remember saying to my mum,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12"It said on the telly that seven were dead,"
0:03:12 > 0:03:17and I remember her shouting at me and saying, "Kevin's there."
0:03:20 > 0:03:23But you don't really understand as a kid, do you? You just don't think.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28I just remember them being up all night then...
0:03:30 > 0:03:32..and me dad phoning the helpline.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Then we found out Stuart at the top had died.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I think when we found out Andy was home, the lad he'd gone with,
0:03:45 > 0:03:46I think we knew then.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Anne and her husband Steve drove over to Sheffield
0:03:51 > 0:03:53to try to find their son.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But instead ended up identifying his lifeless body.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59They took us into this room
0:03:59 > 0:04:01and it had purple curtains.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And I can remember them opening the curtains
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and there was glass between us. We couldn't touch him.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I remember banging and screaming on the glass,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12because they'd turned Kevin towards the glass
0:04:12 > 0:04:15and he was looking at us. We couldn't even hold him.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Caught in a crush on the Leppings Lane Terrace,
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Kevin became one of the youngest victims
0:04:20 > 0:04:24of football's most notorious disaster,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27which would go on to claim 96 lives.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It had gone from having Kevin and his friends here,
0:04:30 > 0:04:31to having, like, no-one.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I remember feeling really lonely after he died.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The then inquest into how the fans died opened with the coroner
0:04:44 > 0:04:47ruling that they would all have been dead by 3:15pm,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51so he wouldn't be hearing any evidence after that time.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55But a chance remark to Kevin's mother, Anne, outside court
0:04:55 > 0:04:57set in motion a search for truth
0:04:57 > 0:04:59that would consume the rest of her life.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03They said they'd got something to tell me that would upset me -
0:05:03 > 0:05:06that when he was in the gymnasium at 4pm
0:05:06 > 0:05:09with Special WPC Martin,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12he'd opened his eyes and he's called for his mum.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I'd got his head on my shoulder...
0:05:17 > 0:05:18..and I knew he was going,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21because he was getting bluer and bluer around the mouth,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23and his pallor was just going.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26As I picked him up,
0:05:26 > 0:05:28suddenly his eyes just opened...
0:05:30 > 0:05:34..and he looked straight through me and that's when he said, "Mum."
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But Debra Martin wasn't called to give evidence.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Believing there had been a whitewash,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Anne refused to pick up Kevin's death certificate
0:05:41 > 0:05:44which stated the cause of death as "accidental".
0:05:44 > 0:05:47The worst thing they could have told her at the original inquest -
0:05:47 > 0:05:48that he'd called "Mum".
0:05:48 > 0:05:52It's the worst thing they ever did because it just stemmed from there.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Determined to find out the truth of what happened to her son,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00and track down those who had helped Kevin that day,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03those who said he was alive after 3:15.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Stevie Hart was among a group of Liverpool fans
0:06:07 > 0:06:09who put Kevin on an advertising board
0:06:09 > 0:06:12to take him to what they thought was medical help
0:06:12 > 0:06:14down the other end of the pitch.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16When we picked him up, we went through...
0:06:16 > 0:06:20There was a cordon of police officers, about halfway,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22three-quarters of the way down the pitch.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24We went through them.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28But they were literally just standing there
0:06:28 > 0:06:31and people were just running through them with...
0:06:31 > 0:06:32advertising boards.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36And there was police officers literally standing,
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I don't know, two or three yards away from me,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42and I said, "Where can we put this young lad?"
0:06:42 > 0:06:44And he said to us, "Put him down there
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- "and then- BLEEP- off back down the other end of the pitch."
0:06:50 > 0:06:51And that was his exact words.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55And I didn't think of it at the time,
0:06:55 > 0:06:59but I thought, it's only later on, in hindsight, that I thought,
0:06:59 > 0:07:04"Why didn't he, when we put him... Why didn't he help him?"
0:07:04 > 0:07:07But I assumed because he told us to put him there
0:07:07 > 0:07:10that that was where all the medical people were going to be.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Cos I mean, you know, there was that many people coming in.
0:07:14 > 0:07:15You wanted to get him help,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18and you wanted to get back and help as many other people as you could.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21So basically, we put him down there.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Looking at it now, we should never have left him.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25But at that time,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I was convinced
0:07:27 > 0:07:30he'd get any help he needed.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34And I think everybody else who carried him must have been the same,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36including two police officers.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What made you think that Kevin was alive?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Because he wasn't... There was people...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42I'd seen other people, and I knew they was dead
0:07:42 > 0:07:45because of their colour - they were blue.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47But I knew he was alive. I KNEW he was alive.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50And everybody who helped carry him knew he was alive.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Because we were all sort of...
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We couldn't get him down there quick enough,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56because we knew he needed something,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00someone better qualified than me to help him.
0:08:01 > 0:08:02But no help came.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Out of 44 South Yorkshire Ambulances called to the ground,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08only three made it on to the pitch.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12Anne found pathologists who said, given the right treatment,
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Kevin could have survived his injuries.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Kevin could have been saved.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19I believe he died through lack of care.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21The part-time barmaid and mum
0:08:21 > 0:08:24became immersed in legal and medical documents.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28From being one of the 96, Kevin became the awkward one,
0:08:28 > 0:08:32the little boy who didn't fit in with the official version of events.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Believing Kevin's case could open the door for all 96
0:08:35 > 0:08:39of those who died, Anne three times took her fight for a new inquest
0:08:39 > 0:08:43to the Attorney General, and when that failed,
0:08:43 > 0:08:48went to the European Court, only to be told her application was too late.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50But with each disappointment,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Anne's resolve grew stronger.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It's Kevin that drives me on.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59It's the memory of Kevin and the way Kevin was,
0:08:59 > 0:09:00and I often look at his photograph...
0:09:00 > 0:09:03There's times when I've wanted to burn the file,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06there's times when I think I can't go on, and I look at it
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and I can look at him looking at me and I can hear him saying to me,
0:09:09 > 0:09:13"Get them, Mum, get them for what they've done." And it's Kevin.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And if you'd known him, if you'd known the type of little boy he was,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19he was fighting to save the world, the Green...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22He was clever at school. He wouldn't have wanted them to brush him away.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27People have said to me, you know, "How is your Anne?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29"Is she still going on about Hillsborough?"
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And I used to say, "Well, you don't know how you'd react
0:09:34 > 0:09:36"if it happened to one of yours."
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I don't know where she got the courage from.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40I mean, she loved the children,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and that's all I can think.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44She loved her children so much.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55It took until 2009 for the Establishment to listen,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58when another lone voice changed everything.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02In the middle of the service to mark the disaster's 20th anniversary
0:10:02 > 0:10:04came the cry, "Justice".
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- MAN:- Justice! - He asked us to think at this time...
0:10:06 > 0:10:08CROWD SHOUTS The shouts became louder.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12CROWD CHANTS
0:10:18 > 0:10:21The then Minister for Sport and Culture, Andy Burnham,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23was stopped in his tracks.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26At a meeting at Liverpool Town Hall after the service
0:10:26 > 0:10:28he met Anne Williams.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Anne got hold of Andy Burnham and wiped the floor with him,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37really told him what was what,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42and after that, Anne presented him with all her evidence
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and Andy took it and, again,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47this is why the panel was...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50And I do thank Andy for that
0:10:50 > 0:10:52because he did a great job.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Parliament has never recorded their names
0:10:54 > 0:10:56in Hansard for posterity.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Well, tonight, I can at least put one wrong right.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05John Alfred Anderson, 62.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- Colin Mark Ashcroft, 19. - HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:11:12 > 0:11:15The tide had turned.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The names of all 96 who died at Hillsborough were read out
0:11:18 > 0:11:20for the first time in the House of Commons.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24Martin Kenneth Wild, 29.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Kevin Daniel Williams, 15.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31Graham John Wright, 17.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Rest in peace, justice for the 96.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37APPLAUSE
0:11:37 > 0:11:38The Government agreed to release
0:11:38 > 0:11:41all the documents relating to the disaster
0:11:41 > 0:11:44so they could be scrutinised by an independent panel.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46The publication of that panel's report
0:11:46 > 0:11:49on what became known as Truth Day in September 2012
0:11:49 > 0:11:53leant support to some families' claims of a cover-up,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56detailed the failure of the emergency services,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and contained the harrowing news that Kevin,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02along with 40 others, could have been saved.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Mr Speaker, with the weight of the new evidence in this report,
0:12:06 > 0:12:10it is right for me today, as Prime Minister, to make a proper apology
0:12:10 > 0:12:13to the families of the 96 for all they have suffered
0:12:13 > 0:12:16over the past 23 years.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21My son and 95 innocent Liverpool fans did not die in an accident.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23They were unlawfully killed at the least.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:27 > 0:12:30What shocked me was 41 could have been saved.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32We knew there'd be more,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36but I thought perhaps a couple of dozen, but 41...!
0:12:36 > 0:12:40God forbid, you know, that all them could have been saved.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44She said, to her, it was like a big weight had been lifted.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47And she said she wasn't that mad woman that went on
0:12:47 > 0:12:48about Hillsborough any more
0:12:48 > 0:12:51because people did think she was a bit of a lunatic.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Anne pressed on, organising a petition to get Kevin's inquest
0:12:57 > 0:13:02verdict quashed and new ones opened into all those who died.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04This was finally granted at the High Court in London,
0:13:04 > 0:13:06where Danny accompanied his sister,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09who had by now been diagnosed with cancer.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12This is what I fought for for 23 years.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14They bounced me from one wall to the other, and I knew
0:13:14 > 0:13:17what they were doing. I thought, "They're wearing me down,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19"but I'll wear them down before they wear me down."
0:13:19 > 0:13:21And I've actually done it.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24What do you think Kevin would make of his mum now?
0:13:24 > 0:13:25I think he'd be dead proud.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Time ran out for Anne.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37She died in April 2013, just days after she'd attended
0:13:37 > 0:13:40her final Hillsborough memorial service.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Across Liverpool, flags flew at half-mast.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47And later that year, her tenacity was honoured by a special
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Sports Personality Of The Year Award.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51APPLAUSE
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Me mum was a good mum. She was a Hillsborough mum,
0:13:57 > 0:13:58but she was still OUR mum.
0:13:58 > 0:14:05She learned to deal with it differently, even the grieving side
0:14:05 > 0:14:07of it - she grieved for Kevin in a different way.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10It's like Kevin and Hillsborough were two separate things,
0:14:10 > 0:14:12in a way, the way she grieved and the way she dealt with it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Someone only has to mention Hillsborough to me and I go to pieces
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Me mum didn't - she did learn to separate it.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23But I think it's just something she had to do over the years.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29Anne had a terrible birthmark on her face.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33She was always conscious of it. So she was a shy little girl.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Obviously we were very close cos we were close together in age,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41only 18 months, and it's nothing when you're children.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44So all my friends were Anne's friends, and certainly
0:14:44 > 0:14:50when we were smaller, and Anne was always just behind me,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53always just behind me.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And to me, I've said it before,
0:14:56 > 0:14:58like, she always says she looked up to me,
0:14:58 > 0:15:01but...for many years I looked up to her.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13The new inquests begin in spring 2014, in a specially built courtroom
0:15:13 > 0:15:15on a business park in Warrington.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20Expected to last for six months, they open with each family
0:15:20 > 0:15:22delivering a pen portrait of their loved one -
0:15:22 > 0:15:26an emotional moment for Sara, whose mother fought so hard
0:15:26 > 0:15:28for Kevin's case to be reopened.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I did it for me mum more than Kevin, I suppose,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33because she would have done it.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35She would have loved her moment in court to be able to stand up
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and talk about him. So I said I'd do it.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43I really looked up to our Kev, and I wanted to go wherever he went
0:15:43 > 0:15:45and hang around with him.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Most older brothers would get fed up with a little sister
0:15:48 > 0:15:51following him everywhere, but Kev didn't mind me tagging along.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54My mum fought hard over the years to get the truth uncovered
0:15:54 > 0:15:57about what happened at Hillsborough, and it is only now that I've
0:15:57 > 0:16:00children of my own that I understand the relentless determination
0:16:00 > 0:16:02that came so naturally to her - because of the love
0:16:02 > 0:16:04that she had for Kevin.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09The inquests halt for the 25th anniversary -
0:16:09 > 0:16:11the first service since Anne's death.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15APPLAUSE
0:16:16 > 0:16:19There's going to be a big crowd here today.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21I think a lot of people... Because it's 25 years,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24and the publicity that Hillsborough's getting,
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I think we're going to have a full house today.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30And people are realising now how important Hillsborough is.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33I mean, this is going to be one of the biggest cases ever,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and it is, it's massive.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40There's a much warmer reception for Andy Burnham this time,
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and a special mention for Anne.
0:16:43 > 0:16:48I want to end by saying something directly to Margaret, to Sue,
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Trevor, Jenni and all the families,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53and I only wish I could say it
0:16:53 > 0:16:56to Anne Williams, whose memory we also honour today.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:17:06 > 0:17:11I mean, I must admit I did break down, I couldn't control myself.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I couldn't hold back the tears.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17It did get to me, but for it to happen today,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20I just wish Anne could have been there to see that.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26I'd been going one day a week.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30To be honest, it's enough for me to absorb at the moment.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34But I do look at the transcripts - the solicitors send us
0:17:34 > 0:17:38transcripts of the case, and I do read those.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41And I keep myself informed if I can.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45But there's a lot going on. There's an awful lot to take in as well.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48A former senior police officer has admitted that he should have
0:17:48 > 0:17:51realised a major incident was unfolding at Hillsborough
0:17:51 > 0:17:53on the day of the tragedy in 1989.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57This is what's coming out all the time.
0:17:57 > 0:17:58There was a lack of leadership.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04Um, officers were waiting for the match commander to react,
0:18:04 > 0:18:06and it didn't happen.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09And this is where we are today.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11We're now two years on,
0:18:11 > 0:18:16coming up to two years on from the original inquest being quashed.
0:18:18 > 0:18:25Um...and over two years since the HIP report came out.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27And, to be honest, I thought
0:18:27 > 0:18:29the police would have capitulated then,
0:18:29 > 0:18:34and held their hands up and said, "That's it, we're guilty.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39"We made a mistake and we'll take it on the chin."
0:18:39 > 0:18:45But no, you get the arrogance now of officers standing up in court
0:18:45 > 0:18:49and literally putting the families through hell, really.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Um, having to sit through videos of their loved ones,
0:18:53 > 0:18:59horrific views of their loved ones being dragged out of the pens,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01and it's not nice at all.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12The inquest should have finished by now, but it's Christmas 2014,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15and they're still only partway through the proceedings.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I found the survivors' accounts really upsetting,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24when they were describing what it was like inside the pens
0:19:24 > 0:19:29and stuff, cos it sort of makes it more real than...
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Not so much more real, but you know what happened,
0:19:32 > 0:19:35you know what it must have been like for Kevin, to a certain extent,
0:19:35 > 0:19:37and the survivors.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42But it's the police evidence that infuriates me.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45What about it?
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Just they way they keep saying we were drunk and their behaviour
0:19:48 > 0:19:52was neurotic, and one said we behaved like lemmings,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55and when asked to describe what a lemming was,
0:19:55 > 0:19:58he said it was an animal that self-destructed.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01In other words, some of them were basically saying they brought it
0:20:01 > 0:20:02on themselves, aren't they?
0:20:02 > 0:20:05They all seem to be pointing back to that police control box
0:20:05 > 0:20:07as well, don't they?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11So they're sort of blaming the fans, but in backup they're placing it
0:20:11 > 0:20:12back to the police control box -
0:20:12 > 0:20:15in other words they're just turning it on Duckenfield, aren't they?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19David Duckenfield was the match commander at Hillsborough.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It was his first time in charge of a capacity football match.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And he is the person the families most want to hear from,
0:20:25 > 0:20:30since their failed private prosecution against him in 2000.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33On the day of the disaster he wrongfully blamed fans
0:20:33 > 0:20:36for forcing open an exit gate to gain access to the ground.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53How are you feeling, Sara?
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Nervous.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I've got a bad stomach.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03In March 2015, the former Superintendent is called
0:21:03 > 0:21:06to the inquest to be cross-examined as a witness.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Sara and Danny feel tense as they drive to the court.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It is a bit surreal, isn't it?
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Coming face-to-face with him.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16After all these years.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22It's just sad that Anne couldn't see it this far.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28I think she would be glad to see him in the court.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32She always knew, unless she got another inquest, she would probably
0:21:32 > 0:21:33never see him in court.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37With all the other avenues she's been down,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40she never thought she'd ever get Duckenfield.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43But nothing had prepared them for what happened that day.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Our top story.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Gasps in court as the top policeman at Hillsborough
0:21:48 > 0:21:50admits lying about the disaster...
0:21:50 > 0:21:53A police commander at the Hillsborough disaster tells
0:21:53 > 0:21:56an inquest he will regret lying about the tragedy to his dying day.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Former Chief Superintendent David Duckenfield...
0:21:59 > 0:22:03The double apology in court today from David Duckenfield,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07one directed at the families who lost loved ones, for the distress
0:22:07 > 0:22:09and upset that he caused by that lie,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12and a second apology also, for not thinking about the consequences
0:22:12 > 0:22:15of some of the decision-making that he did that day.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Back in the car, Danny and Sara are stunned by his admission.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Just wasn't expecting it.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26It was a bit of a shock, really.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30But he should have said it years ago, shouldn't he?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33It is quite a serious thing - a senior officer now has
0:22:33 > 0:22:35admitted he told a lie.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38It was a shock in court.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40Certainly from where we were sat.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44There was quite a lot of tears, of...I think it was just relief,
0:22:44 > 0:22:48that actually he has admitted something which in the past,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51you wouldn't get him to admit anything,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53he was so arrogant, still is.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Sara, what was it like seeing him face-to-face?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Because you were quite apprehensive this morning?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Oh, it was horrible.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02As soon as he walked in, I started crying.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07It is like an anxiety thing coming face-to-face with him.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09But I feel better now I have.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15And in the days to come, there are more revelations
0:23:15 > 0:23:17from the former Chief Superintendent.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Today another admission, when the man who was in charge
0:23:21 > 0:23:24of policing at Hillsborough said his failures had caused
0:23:24 > 0:23:28the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32We expected a bigger fight from him, to be quite honest with you.
0:23:32 > 0:23:38But...he sort of must have come to terms with it himself
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and got it off his chest, after 26 years.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48The 26th anniversary of the disaster is a subdued affair, as the long,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51drawn-out process takes its toll on the families.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Danny joins members of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign
0:23:54 > 0:23:57at the memorial in Liverpool city centre.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00This is the Drum, they call it now, the memorial.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05And, yeah, it's a place to come and reflect.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09I often come - it's nice on a sunny day, um,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13just to say hello to Kev and have a little chat.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18It's just a way of remembering, and showing respect.
0:24:18 > 0:24:24The families are very, very dignified and, to me,
0:24:24 > 0:24:28sometimes in court when you feel like really standing up
0:24:28 > 0:24:32and saying something, but you can't, you can't.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Nobody has ever done that yet, and I don't think they ever will.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39All we want is justice.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41And hopefully we'll get it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46The last thing we want is you to leave the courtroom
0:24:46 > 0:24:49at the end of this process thinking, "I wish they'd asked that."
0:24:49 > 0:24:5318 months after the start of the process, it'll soon be time
0:24:53 > 0:24:56for the inquest to hear what happened to Kevin.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Sara and Danny meet with their legal team. They're pleased to hear
0:24:59 > 0:25:03that for the first time, two police officers Anne tracked down
0:25:03 > 0:25:08and who said Kevin was alive after 3:15, will be giving evidence.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09This is key evidence.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13These are two police officers who were there,
0:25:13 > 0:25:17and although you've been left over the years
0:25:17 > 0:25:19with more question marks than answers,
0:25:19 > 0:25:25this is our final opportunity to work out exactly what
0:25:25 > 0:25:30happened with Kevin and the process that he went through.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35The night before Kevin's inquest, everyone is apprehensive
0:25:35 > 0:25:38as the evidence Anne gathered will finally be put to the test.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40The kids have kept me busy.
0:25:40 > 0:25:45I suppose I've been dreading it, but now it's tomorrow,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I feel a lot better knowing it's here.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52It's just, trying to come to terms that my mum is not here to see it.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Is that the toughest part for you? - Yes.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Because a lot of it we've known anyway,
0:26:02 > 0:26:06from what my mum found out, but actually hearing it in court,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10and her not being there to witness it, after all the hard work she did.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13No wonder Anne was fired up. There was no way
0:26:13 > 0:26:16she was going to give up on it, no matter what anybody said.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19This is a day of reckoning, and if we don't get them now,
0:26:19 > 0:26:20we'll never get them.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Finally, it's the day of Kevin's inquest, a day for which his mother
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Anne fought so hard, a day his family barely believed would come.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Kevin's case will take longer than any of the other victims,
0:26:47 > 0:26:51such is the volume of evidence painstakingly uncovered by his mum.
0:26:51 > 0:26:56We'll just bring you in here, just for a minute. We'll set up.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01I just want to get on with it and get it over, so...
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I do realise there'll be a lot of interest and all that,
0:27:04 > 0:27:09but I can't handle the press like Anne could. She was very good at it.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I know this is a very difficult day for you,
0:27:12 > 0:27:17- but so important to have got to this point now.- Oh, definitely, yeah.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Yeah, definitely. I mean, it took Anne's life to get here.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And for Kevin as well, very much in your thoughts today.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Oh, yeah, very much so, yeah. Very much so.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- Thank you.- OK.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It's the first opportunity that many witnesses found by Anne have
0:27:35 > 0:27:38had to give their version of events.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Derek Bruder, an off duty policeman, said he found a pulse on Kevin
0:27:42 > 0:27:47at 3:30, 15 minutes after the original inquest said he had died.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51He also claimed in court he was persuaded to change his statement.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56'PC Bruder also told the jury about a visit he had about a year after
0:27:56 > 0:27:58'the disaster from a West Midlands Police officer'
0:27:58 > 0:28:01called Matthew Sawers. West Midlands Police, don't forget,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04had been asked to help the coroner with the original inquest.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07He said that Mr Sawers tried to get him to change his story,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12to say he might have been mistaken about Kevin Williams having a pulse.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14At one stage, Mr Bruder was on the phone to
0:28:14 > 0:28:18a pathologist from the Sheffield coroner's officer, and he said
0:28:18 > 0:28:21he then bowed to superior medical knowledge and did change his story.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26He said this was a deliberate attempt to put words into his mouth.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30But he's told the jury he now sticks by his original account
0:28:30 > 0:28:34that Kevin Williams did have a pulse when he was with him.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Matthew Sawers denied putting any pressure on Derek Bruder to
0:28:37 > 0:28:40change his statement and said the amendments were the result
0:28:40 > 0:28:46of PC Bruder reflecting on his first statement and adding further detail.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48He said the second statement was written prior to the
0:28:48 > 0:28:52telephone conversation between PC Bruder and the pathologist
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and wasn't subsequently changed.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59Crucially, Debra Martin is also allowed to speak at this inquest.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02She repeats her claim to the jury that Kevin died
0:29:02 > 0:29:06in her arms at 4pm, his last words being "Mum."
0:29:06 > 0:29:10She also claims Julie Appleton, a West Midlands Police officer,
0:29:10 > 0:29:12convinced her to change her statement.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Miss Martin says she was put under extreme pressure.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Now, a barrister for Miss Appleton said that she rejects Miss Martin's
0:29:21 > 0:29:23version of events.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26In court, Julie Appleton said she only visited Debra once
0:29:26 > 0:29:29and she didn't put pressure on her, didn't try to get her to
0:29:29 > 0:29:33alter the statement and was only searching for the truth.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35She said, "It was Debra's statement
0:29:35 > 0:29:39"and it was up to her what she included in that."
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Back home, Kevin's Uncle Danny reflects on the day.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I thank them both on behalf of the family,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48and all the other families, for what they did.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Because I feel very strongly that they did it for us.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Does it matter now what time Kevin died?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57No, not really.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01It's just the fact that they...
0:30:01 > 0:30:04they felt it was important, not...
0:30:04 > 0:30:10More so than us. It was them that wanted to change the times, not us.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14They wanted it to fit in with the 3:15 cut-off time.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19- And they did their utmost to do that.- And how are you feeling now?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Um, I'm OK.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Yeah, I feel OK. Er...
0:30:28 > 0:30:30There's always...
0:30:30 > 0:30:32It's always...
0:30:32 > 0:30:34always in your mind, no matter what happens,
0:30:34 > 0:30:39it's not going to bring him back, that's the hard bit.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45We know that Kevin was transported the length of the pitch...
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Some months later, it's time for the jury to hear
0:30:47 > 0:30:50the evidence of pathologists who have pored over
0:30:50 > 0:30:52the details of Kevin's last moments
0:30:52 > 0:30:56and concluded that Kevin probably died around 3:45,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59so it's not medically plausible he could have regained
0:30:59 > 0:31:03consciousness and uttered the word "Mum" to Debra Martin.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07We've established he's gone past the 3:15 cut-off time,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10and with care,
0:31:10 > 0:31:14another half an hour, he could, with care,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17if they've initiated the major incident
0:31:17 > 0:31:21and got ambulances on the pitch, have also established that, with oxygen,
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Kevin, with a bag and mask, he could have survived.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- We heard some quite graphic evidence, didn't we?- Horrific.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33I don't want to do that again.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35And I'm glad Sara stayed away.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The jury in the new Hillsborough inquest has retired to
0:31:48 > 0:31:52consider its conclusions about how 96 Liverpool fans
0:31:52 > 0:31:56died at an FA Cup semifinal in 1989.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59In what has now become the longest inquest in British legal history,
0:31:59 > 0:32:02two years after they were sworn in,
0:32:02 > 0:32:06the jurors are at last sent out to consider the evidence.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09The coroner reminded the jury today that one of the questions
0:32:09 > 0:32:14they'll have to answer is whether the 96 were unlawfully killed.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17To decide that, they must consider whether the match commander,
0:32:17 > 0:32:21David Duckenfield, breached any duty of care he may have owed
0:32:21 > 0:32:25to the fans, and whether that breach was grossly negligent.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28At last, really, yeah.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I mean, the families have sat through harrowing
0:32:31 > 0:32:35evidence for two years now, and sat there with dignity
0:32:35 > 0:32:39and patience, waiting for the jury to go out, and now we're waiting for
0:32:39 > 0:32:43the results, so hopefully, fingers crossed, we'll get the right result.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47It's quite emotional in court, lots of tugs and a few tears as well.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51The families are very close, they're very supportive of each other.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54You know, we've bonded over the last two years.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Well, over the last 27 years, really.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59But certainly over the last two years.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Just over a week later and it's the anniversary of the disaster.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08It's the last memorial service the families will hold at Anfield,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11and 96 doves are released in memory of those who died.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18I was hoping it would have been done with now before the anniversary.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23But I am relieved we've gone out. It's just the waiting, isn't it, now?
0:33:23 > 0:33:24It's just...
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Just want it over with and just start a new life without Hillsborough.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32And how does that feel, waiting for that call?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I thought I'd be a nightmare, to be honest,
0:33:35 > 0:33:39but I feel quite calm about it, because we're working on it now
0:33:39 > 0:33:43and we're doing it, so our lives are basically in their hands, aren't they?
0:33:43 > 0:33:48But it's a nice feeling knowing that we're doing it now.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Sara doesn't have long to wait.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Less than three weeks after being sent out,
0:33:56 > 0:33:58the jurors say they've reached their conclusions.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01For their final trip to the inquest,
0:34:01 > 0:34:03the families travel together on a coach.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I'm very nervous.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18It's hard to think it could go any other way but the way we want.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22But there's always that... There's 27 years of mistrust,
0:34:22 > 0:34:26and you just can't relax, nobody can relax.
0:34:26 > 0:34:32All of the families are the same. Until we hear it, we can't.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Outside the inquest there's a long queue to get in,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38and the wait is almost too much for Sara.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44- Tell me how you're feeling, Sara? - A bit sick. Nervous. Just...
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Tomorrow's a new day, isn't it?
0:34:47 > 0:34:50You've waited a long time for this, haven't you, Sara?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Start of a new life tomorrow, every outcome.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00The jurors had 14 questions to consider,
0:35:00 > 0:35:03and their answers come in rapid succession.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07Most importantly, the jury decides the behaviour of fans didn't
0:35:07 > 0:35:12contribute to the disaster, and all 96 were unlawfully killed.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18Fantastic, unbelievable, 14-0 to the families.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20I just can't believe it.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24They went through the questions so quickly, it was hard to take in.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Unanimous - we couldn't ask for anything better.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Just tell me how you feel about the result.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37Over the moon. I can't... Still in shock, really.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Just looking forward to getting on with our lives tomorrow.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Tell me what happened in court,
0:35:41 > 0:35:44what was it like when the verdict was announced?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50It was a bit surreal. I don't think... We were all hoping for unlawful killing,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52but I don't think we were actually going to get it.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54But we've swept the board.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- You got absolutely everything you wanted, didn't you?- Everything.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02It's just a shame that my mum
0:36:02 > 0:36:06and other families that died aren't here to see it.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09She'd be absolutely thrilled with that, wouldn't she?
0:36:09 > 0:36:11She's definitely looking down today.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13As soon as question six came up,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16the unlawful killing verdict came up,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20and they said yes, everybody cheered.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24It was a gasp of... You could feel it in the air and everybody cheered.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29There was a lot of tears. Myself included. Just couldn't believe it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32And then question seven, about the fans' behaviour,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34that was another one we were worried about.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37But it came through, it came through.
0:36:37 > 0:36:42The fans have been vindicated, quite rightly. Quite rightly.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44It's just sad that Anne can't be here.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Justice!
0:36:51 > 0:36:54It's over now, it's over now.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56And I'm absolutely made up.