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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES
Q2
WHICH FOOTSAi_L TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL,
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DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
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IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED.
Q5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
FROM A RELATIVE WHO VISITED ANFIELD»
Q6
M PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?£12.00 WEST STAND.
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WHO DiD YOU i RAVEL
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DID YOU GO BY CAR, COACH, RAIL. OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY).
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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
M62 - SURTONWOOD SERVICE STATION FOR PETROL..
04
010 c/r) /WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS/WU f SO WHY?
YES ON THE M62 NEAR TO M63 JUNCTU'ON W TAI/ BACK FOR ABOUT 5 MILES - HOLD FOR
A ^ O X 1 HOUR -• ON APPROACH TO^SHEFF I ELD fc&QM' M1 -- HELD UP BY 15 MINUTES
WHILST POLICE CHECKED VEHICLES.
011
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS
CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
FROM THE CAR PARK TOWARDS THE GROUND, SAW GROUPS OF SUPPORTER IN THE VICINITY
OF CLOSED PUB DRINKING CANS OF BEER.
Q12
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
i ^ p PM (1345) ABOUT.
05
013
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
A HOUSING ESTATE BETWEEN Ml AND SHEFFIELD AND THE POLICE DIRECTED US INTO
WOLFE ROAD.
Q14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT TO THE GROUND?
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER x FIGHTING OR DRUNKENNESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO,
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
2.30 PH (1430) - WE HAD SOME SANDWICHES BEFORE WE LEFT THE CAR PARK FOR THE
GROUND.
Q17
WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT
THERE WAS NO ORGANISED QUEUES WHATSOEV
WAS VERY BUSY,
OF PEOPLE IT
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WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
NONE AS SUCH ALTHOUGH THERE WERE POLICEMEN IN THE AREA - THEY WEREN'T DOING
VERY MUCH.
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(fl^T STEWARDS5 DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NONE OUTSIDE - BUT THERE WERE STEWARDS INSIDE THE TURNSTILES AND SOME AT THE
STEPS LEADING INTO THE WEST STAND.
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DID YOU EXPERIENCE AMY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
YES BECAUSE OF THE CROWDS AND WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE POORLY IDENTIFIED
ENTRANCE POINTS,
021
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND, IF YES GIVE BRIEF REASON.
JUST DUE TO THE CROWD - BUT I GOT THROUGH THE TURNSTILE IN ABOUT 5 MINUTES.
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Q8
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
Q23
IF NOT 7 HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A.
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DID YOU SEE AMY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO =
Q9
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED^ [TRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE.
yeS, THERE WERE ONE OR TwtTSUP|^TER; ( CL IH81NG OVER THE ROOFS OF THE WEST
STAND TURNSTILES AND INTO THE GROUND,
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DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE).
YES.
(310
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ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
YES - WELt... SIGNPOSTED.
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DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL. IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
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NO.
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DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
NO.
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A.
Q32
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
I ® b N ’T KNOW I DIDN'T LOOK.
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WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
AS AT 32.
0 1 2
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT
AND HATCH VIEWING POINT?(BRIEFLY DESCRIBE).
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
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INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS:
1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION.
2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS
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1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID).
N/A.
0 1 4
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO.
Q38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
HO.
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2.40 PM APPROX <1440).
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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,
NO.
041
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
I^fes SAT ON MY OWN.
042
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT' AT THE TIME
OF TAKING UP YOUR NATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO,
0 1 6
043
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES IN THE FRONT HALF OF PEN 3 THIS WAS AT KICK O F F TIME .
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WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED?
NO.
043
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT?(BRIEFLY).
NO.
Q-17
046
WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NO .•DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
NO.
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DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,,
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS,
oft'HE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
NO.
050
WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
ABOUT 3.30 PM (1530).
(351
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO .
Q33
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED? __ , ■ _ „< > ) n / A ^ ^ o i / r r i O A j
I THINK EVERYONE HANDLED THE SITUATION V5*Y WELL,
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Q54
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
jlHciAL INQUIRY?
IF THE KICK OFF HAD BEEN DELAYED AND THOSE FANS OUTSIDE THE GROUND HAD BEEN
INFORMED OF THIS THEN THEIR URGENCY TO GET INTO THE GROUND WOULD HAVE SEEN
REDUCED,,
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JUST STOPPED THE FLOUi OF TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD RATHER THAN USING THE LAYBY -
Tj03 CAUSING LONGER HOLD UPS,
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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES
Q2
WHICH FOOTE'ALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL,
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DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
Kid.
04
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUES OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
N/A
Q5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
ATHER WHO IS A SEASON TICKET HOLDER.
Q6
j!® 1WfWT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£.6.00 STANDING a LEPPINGS LANE
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DID YOU GO BY CAR r COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER KEANS? (IF BY COACH NAME THE
COMPANY)
CAR (OWN)
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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME r IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE
NOT THAT I CAN RECALL
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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY'7
O i ^ M I MOTORWAY WE WERE DIRECTED Of# BY AA SIGNS AND ENCOUNTERED TRAFFIC
QUEUES WHICH WERE VERY SLOW MOVIN/U FROM SLIP ROAD INTO SHEFFIELD CITY ITSELF
DELAYED FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
011
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS
CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
YES - ON FOOT TO GROUND WE SAW GROUPS OF NOTTS FOREST SUPPORTERS DRINKING
IN NEARBY PUBS.
Q12
Wj^p' TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
PARKED AT 2PM. (1400)
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DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
SIDE ROAD OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA (400-500 YDS FROM A MAIN HOSPITAL) ABOUT
HALF AN HOUR ON FOOT FROM GROUND.
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DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL POINT,
TO THE GROUND?
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER 7 FIGHTING OR DRUNKENES3 BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL.
POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT TME ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
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2 .25 - 2--30PM i 1425 ) ( 1430 :
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WNPr WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES
EXTENDED OUT ONTO LEPPINGS LANE, OUT AjS FAR AS THE MAIN GATES „
Q18
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
NONE» I SAW TWO MOUNTED POLICEMEN FACING THE MAIN GATES BUT ALTHOUGH THEY
WERE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE BACKWARDS THEY WERE NOT EFFECTIVE.
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WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
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DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO,I I KNEW WHERE HE WAS GOING *
521
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND„ IF YES, GIVE BRIEF REASON,
YES - BECAUSE OF A SUDDEN CRUSH WHICH DEVELOPED AND THE CROWD THAT WAS
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LACK OF CROWD CONTROL BY POLICE OR OTHERS *
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES
Q23
IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A
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DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
YES
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?ornT£- c_. ~po /
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE
YES, 3-4 YOUNG LADS (UNDER 16 YRS) HAD CLIN8ED ONTO THE WALL TO THE LEFT OFjC_______________________
THE TURNSTILES AND ON TOP OF THE TURNSTILE BOOTHS THEMSELVES, PROBABLY TO
PE THE CRUSH. THEY CLIMBED DOWN INTO THE GROUND/AND THE POLICE EJECTED
'-------------------------------- i------------------------THEM BACK INTO THE CRUSH VIA THE GATE AT ”23" /
G27 JDID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
YES - HANDED IN.
Q10
Q28
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND» DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR NATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO
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DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
YES - BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NOS, OF PEOPLE IN THE PENS AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL. THE CRUSH BEGAN JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE TUNNEL ONTO THE TERRACES.
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
YES
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(331
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
(332
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
NO. THERE WERE SOME OFFICERS ON FOOT THE GROUND-SIDE OF THE TURNSTILES,
BUT NOT NEAR THE TUNNEL.
(333
WAS THERE ANY NATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
NO
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT AND
MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
NO
033
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND7 IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO,
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO
(338
YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO
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WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR HATCH VIEWING POSITION
2.53PM (1455)/vee,iv/'£^o 3
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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES,
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
Y ^ F R G M ENTERING PEN 3 FROM THE TUNNE;.... THE CROWD CRUSH IN THAT PEN WAS
CONSTANT AND EXCESSIVE» WE MANAGED (I AND MYSELF) TO CLIMB OUT OF
PEN. 3 INTO PEN 2 WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.
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WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
WE BECAME SEPARATED FROM
(342
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT THE TIME
OF TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES , IN PEN THREE
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WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO, CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED
YES, FROM 2.55PM(1455) - 3.00PM (1500)
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D ^ Y O U WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, i f f SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED I f ? (BRIEFLY)3 - 0 . fEL- o e o w D s o e j q
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WHEN BEARDSLEY HIT THE CROSS BAR THIS SECOND SURGE BEING THE GREATER AND MORE
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WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NOT INJURED.
Q47
E ® YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
POSSIBLY A YOUNG WHITE MALE ON THE PITCH (SEE STATEMENT) 2- ~Z. Qz—•Q4S
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
I CARRIED 3 BODIES ACROSS THE TEMPORARY MORTUARY (WHO WERE DEFINITELY DEAD)
AND ABOUT 2 PEOPLE WHO WERE CONSCIOUS TO THE SAME LOCATION.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS, OR THE
INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
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THE FENCE UNDOUBTEDLY CAUSED THE MAJORITY OF DEATHS AMD INJURIES. THIS AND
THE INABILITY OF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THE CROWD (POLICE AND STEWARDS) TO
GET PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE CENTRAL PENS WHILE THE CRUSH EXISTED,
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WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
4.40PM (1640) - 4.45PM (1645)
Q51
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND THIS TIME AT "50"
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO
Q53
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED,
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
(i) THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE EMERGENCY SERVICES, STEWARDS AND
POLICE WAS VERY EVIDENT.
< :y^THE LACK OF USE OF THE GROUND PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM TO COMMUNICATE WITH
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(iii) THE LACK OF FACILITIES TO TREAT INJURED PEOPLE WITHIN THE GROUND -
EQUIPMENT, ETC. WAS ALSO APPARENT.
Q54
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL INQUIRY? C / ^ - C O M ^
(A) THERE WAS A COMPLETE LACK OF CROWD CONTROL OUTSIDE THE GROUND TO SUCH
AN EXTENT THAT WAS IMMEDIATELY APPARENT. I /HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A
SITUATION THAT WAS ALLOWED TO DEVELOP ON iTjfllS OCCASION BECAUSE OF THIS LACK
OF CONTROL, AND I REGULARLY ATTEND FOOTBALL MATCHES.
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Q. 19
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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES.
Q2
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL.
Q3
mD m YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
NO.
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
JUST WITH FRIEND.
QS
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
ANFIELD,
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WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£12.00 WEST STAND SEATING.
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(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY).
IN A PRIVATE CAR.
3 9
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME„ IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE,
NO .
YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
NO.
Q11
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
NO.
Q12
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
12.13 PM (1215).
Q 5 ®
Q 13
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
REAR OF THE FREEMASONS PUBLIC HOUSE.
Q14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT TO THE GROUND?
NO.
Q15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENNESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
PAGEQSL2804
POINT AND THE GROUND?
M O .
Q6
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT IHE-S«^ANCE TO THE GROUND?
2.30 PM (1430)
WHAT WERE TIME QUEUES U K YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
JUST MAYHEM, ON: AVING MASS OF PEOPLE,,
Q i 8
WFflrr POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
N O .
Q7
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WHAT STEWARDS' DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
(320
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
YES, I GOT PUSHED INTO THE WRONG QUEUE ? I ENDED UP IN THE CRUSH FOR THE
SL IDING TERRACE, I CLIMBED OVER A WALL TO GET IN THE RIGHT QUEUE.
021
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND, IF YES GIVE BRIEF REASON.
YES IT WAS QUITE BUSY.
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES „
Q23
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DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
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NO.
c * - r / / 'DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHOR TS E p ^ m ^ /TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY
ESCRIBE.
YES, I SAW LADS CLIMBING OVER THE TURNSTILES THEY HAD TICKETS THOUGH.
G27
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE).
NO.
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G28
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
I ®In*t REMEMBER.
Q29
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR HATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO.
Q30
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 S 4 ON MAP)?
NO.
Q 11
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
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N/A.
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
N/A.
Q33
WAS THERE ANY HATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
N/A.
Q12
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT
A^P MATCH VIEWING POINT?
(BRIEFLY DESCRIBE).
NO.
Q35
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION Or ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
iCATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS:
•15 YOUR FIRST HATCH VIEWING POSIT'I ON.
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NOT APPLICABLE, INTERVIEWEE SAT IN
1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID).
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO . /
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WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO.Q39
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
3.02 PM (1502).
Q15
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BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,,
TRSRE WAS a LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE SEATS A LOT OF THE SEATS WERE DOUBLED
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WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
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OF TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO .
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YES, I COULD SEE THE TWO PENS RIGHT BEHIND THE GOAL WERE VERY PACKED.
G44
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED?
NO
043
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
N O .
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DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
y IP, AS THE LADS IN FRONT OF US PULLED PEOPLE OUT OF THE PENS. I JUST
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS
OR THE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
I THINK BECAUSE IT WAS SO OVERCROWDED OUTSIDE I THOUGHT SOMETHING
WOULD HAPPEN INSIDE.
Q50
M TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND.
3.30 PM (1330).
Q51
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
I LEFT OF MY OWN ACCORD.
(319
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO.
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YES«
Q2
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LIVERPOOL.
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N/A.
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WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
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wfll' PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
NO STOPS.
r ® YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
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G13
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
i®?ESIDENTIAL AREA ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM GROUND TO THE NW OF THE
GROUND.
G 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT , TO THE GROUND?
NOT AFTER WE HAD BEEN DIRECTED BY POLICE TO PARK.
Q. 15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHT3 ARRIVAL
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
NOT REALLY, UNTIL POLICE CHECK POINTS ON OUTSKIRTS OF SHEFFIELD
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
2.25 PM (1425)
G 17
WHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT T TURNSTILES?
NO QUEUES, JUST A MASS OF PEOPLE EXTENDING OUT/ TO THE MAIN GATES AT LEPPINGS
LANE.
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
N 0 I DID SEE ABOUT THREE MOUNTED OFFICERS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES TRYING TO
ORGANISE PEOPLE INTO QUEUES, UNSUCCESSFULLY.
Q7
G 19
WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTION DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NONE. THERE WERE SOME STEWARDS JUST INSIDE THE TURNSTILES, BUT THEY WERE NOT
DIRECTING PEOPLE.
<320
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE.
Q2i
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE SRIEF REASON.
YES, BECAUSE OF THE CROWD CRUSH OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES AND THE LACK OF CROWD
CONTROL IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET TO THE TURNSTILES. IT TOOK 30 - 35
MINUTES TO GET INTO THE GROUND.
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
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IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A.
G24
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?C ' ^ r / k A V E . t >
YES A 3LUE METAL CONCERTINA GATE TO THE LEFT OF THE TERRACE/TURNS!ILES, AS I
ENTERED THE TURNSTILE I SAW IT BEING SLID OPEN AND PEOPLE/ENTERING BY IT.
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
'THIS CONCERTINA GATE - BUT I COULD NOT SEE WHO OPENED IT.
DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF/SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE.
I SAW ONE LAD ON THE WALL TO THE LEFT OF THE TURNSTILES /iUMP DOWN INTO THE
GROUND HAVING SHOWN HIS TICKET TO WHOEVER WAS ON THE IER SIDE.
Q27
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
YES ■■■- HANDED IN.
028
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR HATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO.
029
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR HATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO.
Q30
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
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WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
NO
WAS THERE ANY HATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
N
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MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN,
036
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS.
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Z) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1
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NO
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MAT VIEWING POSITION?
<3
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES, BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NOT EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH MORE EXCESSIVE PUSHING AT THAT POINT.
041
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
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T<^pNG UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
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046
WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
INJURED.
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NO.
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DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
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D ® Y 0 U WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS, OR
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NOT REALLY SPEC IFICALLY.
030
WHAT TINE DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
3.30 PM (1330).
Q31
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
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IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU NISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
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YES.
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LIVERPOOL.
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YOU GO IN An ORGANISED PARTY?
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INDEPENDENTLY.
Q3
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB SEASON TICKET HOLDER.
WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£6 LEPPINGS LANE TERRACE
Q3
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IVERPOOL38 YRS
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CAR DRIVEN BY
Q9
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
NO
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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAY'S AND IF SO WHY?
HiJ^Y TRAFFIC NEAR END OF MOTORWAY.
311
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
YES .
012
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHFFIELD?
2.25PM (1425)
•DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
HILLSBOROUGH CENTRE SIDE STREET, ABOUT ";0 MINUTE WALK TO GROUND.
Q i 4
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT, TO THE GROUND?
POLICE AROUND 8UT DID NOT NEED ESCORT *
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
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2=33PM (1435)
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
Q 17 15.oWHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
THERE WERE NO QUEUES JUST A MASS OF PEOPLE ALL PUSHING TO GET IN
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
p(f .CE ON HORSE BACK.
Q7
Q 19
WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NONE.
Q20
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS A VERY LARGE CROWD TRYING TO
GET INTO THE GROUND»
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YES I WAS IN A CRUSH OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES.
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NO.
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THROUGH LARGE BLUE GATES AT THE SIDE OF TURNSTILES. Q
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YES AS ABOVE.
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YES, BUT THEY WERE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE AND I DID NOT KNOW WHO OPENED
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Q 10
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO BUT I KNEW WHERE TO GO FROM PREVIOUS VISITS.
029
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NO, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I HAD BEEN BEFORE AND KNEW WHERE TO GO.
Q30
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
NO.
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A
Q32
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
N/A
Q33
WAS THERE ANY NATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
N/A
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G34
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT AND
MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
N O .
Q35
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
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EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO.
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NO.
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WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
3.07PM (1507)
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EXPLAIN.
NO.
mWHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
STOOD WITH
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NO.
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YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES AS BELOW.
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YES OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILE BEFORE ENTERING THE GROUND AT APPROX 3PM (1500).
Q45
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY)
NO.
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MO.
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YES, NUMEROUS PEOPLE ON THE PITCH AND THE GYM MAINLY WITH
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I CONSIDER THERE WAS INADEQUATE POLICE, STEWARD CONTROL OF OUTSIDE THE - - - * ------
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330
WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
APPROX 6PM (1800).
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SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
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N O .
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AND ASSIST INJURED AND DEAD.
Q54
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL. INQUIRY?
INSIDE THE GROUND I CONSIDER THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SIGNS SHOWING PEOPLE THE
ENTRANCES TO THE TERRACE, THE ONLY SIGNS VISIBLE ON ENTERING THE GROUND WAS
A80VE THE TUNNEL LEADING TO THE LEPPINGS LANE END TERRACE AND NOTHING
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NO.
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SOME OUTSIDE PUBS IN SHEFFIELD AND OTHERS DRINKING CANS»
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12 NOON (1200).
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NO.
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N O .
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12.30 (12305 - 1PM (1300).
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NO QUEUES , BUT WE HAD TO WAIT FOR THE TURNSTILES TO OPEN.
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TURNSTILES?
NONE.
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WHAT STEWARDS’ DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE
T^ImSTILES?
NONE.
Q20
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY
POINT?
NO, FOLLOWED THE TICKET. HAD NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE.
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BRIEF REASON.
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YES.
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N / A .
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TURNSTILES?
NO .
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NO.
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NO FOLLOWED MY MATES WHO’S BEEN BEFORE.
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ON HAP)?
NO.
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL.?
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NO.
Q33
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NO.
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NO.
Q33
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND?
IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
G36
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO.
Q38
YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO,
Q39
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
1PM (1300) AT THE LATEST.
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TIME? IF YES, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN„
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NO.
047
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NO.
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BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
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N O .
050
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DON'T KNOW.
G51
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A STEWARD, A LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
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Q1
DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MAJCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES a
G2
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL.
DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
N
G2
(34
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY
ORGANISED?
N/A.
G5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
ANFIELD (SEASON TICKET HOLDER),
G ^
WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£6.00 LEPPINGS LANE TERRACE.
G3
G7
WHO DID YOU TRAVEL TO THE GAME WITH?
L/POOL
ADDRESS NOT KNOWN ^ [
ADDRESS NOT KNOWN
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<28
DID YOU GO BY CAR, COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY)
CAR,
09
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO, WHERE
AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE,
NO,
04
G10
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YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS IF SO WHY:
YES, SLIGHTLY GETTING ONTO THE MOTORWAY AT MANCHESTER.
Q 11
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER
SUPPORTERS CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
YES. IN PUBS AND IN THE STREET«
ALSO ATTENDED P/HOUSE, DETAILS NOT KNOWN,
CONSUMED 3 PINTS OF SEER.
G 12
TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
1245 HRS (1245),
05
Q13
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS OFF WOOD RD, HILLSBOROUGH,
Q 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM
YOUR ARRIVAL POINT TO THE GROUND?
NO, NONE SEEN AT THIS TIME,
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS
BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL POINT' AND THE GROUND?
NO.
06
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROW
1420 HRS <1420),
318
WHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR A
BAD, NO QUEUES, JUST A HASS OF
LES?
GATES RIGHT UP TO
THE TURNSTILES.1_________________________
Q 19
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE
TURNSTILES?
NONE. APART FROM THE ONE MOUNTED OFFICER.
07
019
WHAT STEWARDS’ DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NC7TMC. .
020
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
YES, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN TO THE GROUND.
Q21
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE
BRIEF REASON.
YES. BECAUSE OF THE CHAOTIC CROWD OUTSIDE. TOOK SOME 20 TO 23 MINUTES
TO GET IN.
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
<523
IF NOT , HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A.
Q24
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
09
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE
TURNSTILES?
NO.
026 n „ ^ /C /3n / /DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED SNTRyTO^THE GROUND, AND
IF SO, BRIEFLY DESCRIBE. f
YES. LOTS OF PEOPLE CLIMBING OVER THE WALLET/ ROOF OF THE TURNSTILES AND OVER
THE TURNSTILE. MAN IN FRONT JUMPED OVER THE TURNSTILE, BUT WAS DETAINED BY A
RdikiCfc.mAN UN I HL 0 i HhR S.i. Dfc.«
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DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT, DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT?
<SEIZE)
YES.
G10
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ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU
TO YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO.
PAGQSL
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DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
m PENS 3 & 4 THEN.
<330
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL. TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4
ON MAP)?
N O .
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A.
Q32
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE
GROUND?
N/A.
<533
WAS THERE ANY HATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
SEEN.
012
034
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN
YOUR ENTRY POINT AND MATCH VIEWING POINT? <BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
NO.
035
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND 7
IF SO , BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,
NO.
NO. WENT TO PEN 7 HAVING LAST YEAR AND GETTING CRUSHED
W p.
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INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE
TWO FOLLOWING POINTS?!
1) YOUR FIRST HATCH VIEWING POSITION.
2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE
DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID),
N/A.
Q 13
037
DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
•G38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO .
Q39
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
1450 HRS (1430).
014
040
4ft E YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS
TIME, IF YES, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
041
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
SAME AS AT (7).
Q42
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL
INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF TAKING UP YOUR HATCH VIEWING
POINT?
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES COULD BE SEEN CLEARLY WAS ALREADY LIGHTLY PACKED AT 1430
Q44
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH IF SO, CAN YOU SAY
WHAT TIME THIS HAPPENED?
NO „
045
>•D W YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE , IF SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY)
N O .
Q16
046
WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN
SHEFFIELD?
NO.
047
YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
NO.
048
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO,
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
N O .
Q 17
049
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR
IN THE DEATHS OR THE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
( 1 4 5 0 ) .
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THE PUSHING FROM BEHIND.
Q5Q
WHAT time: DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
1545 HRS ( 1545).
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DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER,
A STEWARD, A LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
Q18
052
E ® YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO 8E A
CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO.
053
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE
INCIDENT WAS HANDLED>• AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
NO.
054
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS
^J|AL TO THIS JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
THERE WERE PEOPLE AT THE TURNSTILES WITHOUT TICKETS. T EEN
STOPPED BY THE POLICE SOME DISTANCE FROM THE GROUND.
ALSO THERE WERE NO STEWARDS INSIDE THE GROUND TO GIVE DIRECTIONS ONTO THE
TERRACE.
LIVERPOOL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED THE SPION HOP END OF THE GROUND y BEING
THE LARGER CLUB.
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01
DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES.
Q2
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL.
G3
Im> YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
02
04
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
Q5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
LIVERPOOL FC.
WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14 NORTH END STAND.
(33
07
WHO DID YOU TRAVEL TO THE GAME WITH?
Q3
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:AR VAUXHALL ESTATE BEIGE.
09
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
YES. STOPPED FOR LUNCH ~ PICNIC SOMEWHERE ON THE YORKSHIRE DALES NEAR
NEWMILLS. STARTED JOURNEY S.45AM (0845)
Q4
010
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL D&^A ) IF SO WHY? tr"
YES, AS YOU COME INTO STOCKPORT OF M53, ROADWORKS AT THE ROUNDABOUT COMING
OF THE MOTORWAY WHICH WAS NOT SUPERVISED S Y ANY POLICE OFFICER. IT DELAYED
OUR JOURNEY ABOUT 20-25 MINUTES. TRAFFIC VERY CONGESTED SO I WENT CROSS
COUNTRY.
Oil
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE GROUND AT 2.10-2.20PM <1410>-<1420> I DID SEE SOME FANS
DRINKING FROM CANS OF BEER. THEY WERE IN NO WAY INTOXICATED AND IT WAS
NOTHING EXCESSIVE.
Q#WHA ... TIME D];D YQU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
0-1 .45PM ( 1345)
Q5
Q 13
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
WADSLEY LANE.
Q 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT, TO THE GROUND?
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NO. 1 SAW THREE OR FOUR MOUNTED POLICEMEN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND.
Q 15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO.
06
Q "i 6
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE A ■'jHE .ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
ABOUT 2.SOPH 1420
317
EUE3-T WERE THE KE OUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
AT NORTH STAND OR 4 DEEP BUT WERE ORDERLYCE THE QUEUES WERE ABOUT
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
POOR, I HAD TO ASK A POLICEMAN WHERE MY ENTRANCE WAS. I PRODUCED MY TICKET
AND HE SAID 'IT’S OK, YOU'VE GOT A TICKET JUST GO IN,
07
019
WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
N ^ E .
G20
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO APART FROM THE FACT THE SIGNS ABOVE THE TURNSTILE WAS MISLEADING AS TO
ENTRY POINT TO NORTH STAND.
021
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND, IF YES GIVE BRIEF REASON.
NO.
0 8
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
023
IF NOT HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A
(324
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
<39
DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO«
(326
DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE.
NO.
027
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
HANDED TICKET IN. GANGWAY F , ROW 22.
Q 10
028
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
YES THERE WAS NO PROBLEM INSIDE THE GROUND WITH DIRECTIONS TO NORTH STAND.
(329
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO.
(330
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
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N/A
G11
(331
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A
<332
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
DON'T KNOW.
<333
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
Dclf'T KNOW.
<312
<334
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT AND
MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
ON ARRIVAL AT MY MATCH VIEWING POINT AT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY TO THREE (1440)
I WAS CONCERNED AS I COULD SEE THE LEPPINGS LANE END TERRA :. THE TWO CENTRE
PENS WERE CRAMMED TO OVER-CAPACITY BUT THE SIDE WINGB/wERE i&flPAIRXTIVELY EMPTY
PEOPLE WERE SITTING DOWN AND READING NEWSP APERS/F^OGR AM WES IN THETsIDE WINGS
I T?AS MORE CONCERNED IN WATCHING THE CENTRE PENS THAN THE MATCH.
G‘o!b-
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
(336
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS; <1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION, <2> YOUR POSITION AFTER THE
EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
N/A
037
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Q38
WfcRh YOU A i OR NbAR SHE BARRIER WHEN I f BROKE?
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WHA I i I Mb.. DID YOU I ARE UP YOUH MAI CH Vi. EWING POSi t 1ON?
1440 HRS* (1440)
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DiD YOU Wi i Nt-..Sy ANY Ck OWI) CRUSH?
YES .I. CuULO SEE i I bUiLDI.NG UP IN THE Ci£N i Rfc. PENS 0
TERRACE BEFORE THE KICK OFF, IT STARTED AT ABOUT 1
Q44
WERE:. YOU INVOLVED .!.N ANY CROWD CHUSH , Ih SO CAN YOU SAY WHA f t IflE i Hi
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NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY)
- o ■ c^eo»vjCD/I SAW THE PEOPLE IN PENS 3 & 4 SURGING ASpGT THREE TIMES BETWEEN 1445 HOURS
AND 1500 HOURS. JUST AFTER KICK OFF I A w A SKMGE THAT WENT FORWARD BUT DID
NOT CONE BACK. / O f C v < / O
Q16
Q46
WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NO.
047
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
YES, BUT ONLY FROM THE NORTH STAND. I WAS NOT CLOSE TO ANY PERSON WHEN THEY
DIED *
Q48
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
Q17
MDID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS OR THE
INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
YES, ABOUT ONE MINUTE OR TWO MINUTES TO THREE 1459 1458 OR JUST AFTER 3PM 1500
I SAW ABOUT 50-80 PEOPLE SITTING DOWN OUTSIDE THE PERIMETER FENCE ON THE TRACK
BY THE GRASS BEHIND THE GOAL. IT WAS THAT CROWDED IN THE CENTRE PENS, PEOPLE
WERE 8EING LET OUT ONTO THE TRACK. SURELY SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY, POLICE OR
STEWARDS, SHOULD HAVE WITNESSED AS I AS A LAYMAN COULD SEE AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PREVENT MORE PEOPLE ENTERING THE PENS AND TO CLEAR THE
OVERCROWDED PENS AND MOVE THEM INTO THE SPACIOUS SIDE PENS.
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Q50
WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
APPROXIMATELY 1620 HOURS.
Q3l
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
WE HEARD A LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT ASKING PEOPLE TO WAIT FOR ABOUT 13
MINUTES WHILST THE EMERGENCY SERVICES FERRIED THE INJURED TC OBPITAL. I
ALSO HEARD MR DALGLISH ASKING FANS TO KEEP CALM.
ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE POOR QUALITY DUE TO THE EQUIPMENT r / o y
Q32
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO ,
353
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED,
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
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fD INVASION WAS DiSGUB’i i.NGn A FEW POLIUE LXCcPJ/lU N ki WfcRt HELPING THE
BEST OF THEIR ABILITY BUT IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THEY WERE JUST WATCHING
SUPPORTERS MOUNTING THEIR OWN RESCUE EFFORT AND CARRYING AWAY DEAD AND
INJURED PERSONS. THIS IS EVEN ALLOWING FOR 5 OR 6 MINUTES FOR THE POLICE TO
REALISE IT WAS NOT CROWD MISBEHAVIOUR BUT A TRAGEDY.
054
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
LIVING ON T H E | 11 SET OFF AT 10,43AM 1043 AS IN MY OCCUPATION I DO A LOT
OF TRAVELLING UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY. I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND THAT THE END
OF THE MSS AT STOCKPORT WHERE THERE WAS ROADWORKS CAUSING DELAY THERE WAS NO
PAGE 9Q S L2814
POLICE OR OTHER PERSONS MONITORING THE TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT. THIS WAS
CAUSING A TRAFFIC JAM AND DELAYS CAUSING A LOT OF SUPPORTERS TO ARRIVE LATE
AT HILLSBOROUGH. WE TOOK A DETOUR ACROSS YORKSHIRE GOING VIA HAZELGROVE ON
THE AS. THIS ALLOWED US TO HAVE A PICNIC AND STILL ARRIVE IN PLENTY OF TINE.
HAD WE STAYED ON THE DIRECT ROUTE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN LATE GETTING TO
HILLSBOROUGH DUE TO THE TRAFFIC. I HAVE SINCE ATTENDED THE REPLAY AT OLD
TR AFFORD r THERE WAS AGAIN TRAFFIC DELAYS AND THE/flATCH WAS PUT BACK FOR 15
MINS. THIS HAPPENED AGAIN A LIVERPOOL -V- Wg^T HAM MATCH WHERE THE WEST HAM
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BID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES.
02
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL. FC - FOR FORTY THREE YEARS.
Q3
YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
NO .
02
T4
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS Cl UB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
NOT APPLICABLE *
G5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
FROM ANFI ELD -• I AM A SEASON TICKET HOLDER AND I USED MY VOUCHER FOR THE
T^KET.
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wHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14,00 NORTH STAND.
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MY EXTEND
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HOUSE NUMBER BUT SHE WORKS AT
GS
DID YOU GO 8Y CAR, COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS? (IF BY COACH NAME THE
COMPANY),
IN CAR WHICH IS A RED SIERRA 5 B ' REG SALOON CAR.
09
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF BO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE,
ON THE SNAKE PASS - TO LET 50G SPEND A PENNY.
Q4
YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAY A
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YES ON THIS SIDE OF MANCHESTER ON
AND LANE CLOSURES ALSO A 7R
0 WHY?
BECAUSE OF VOLUME OF TRAFFIC
ISLAND - THIS SIDE OF GLOSSOP ALSO VOLUME
OF TRAFFIC GOING ON AND COMING OFF THE ISLAND - IT LENGTHENED OUR JOURNEY BY
35-40 MINUTES,
Q 11
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS
CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
NO I DIDN'T,
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
AROUND ABOUT TWO O ’CLOCK (1400)
03
013
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
IN A LARGE CAR PARK RESERVED FOR NOTTS FOREST FANS BECAUSE WE CAME IN FROM
THEIR END.
014
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
PAGE 3QSL2S13
POINT, TO THE GROUND?
NO.
Q15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
I DIDN’T NO.
Q6
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THcN,GROUND?
AT TWENTY TO THREE (1440),/.
wWHAT WERE THE QUEUES 11 IKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
I ( ^I COULDN’T REALLY SAY,\ IT QUEUE JUST A HASS OF PEOPLE RIGHT ACROSS ALL
THE TURNSTILES.
Q18
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU"WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
I SAW A POLICEWOMAN ON THE ROAD OUTSIDE AND SHE SAID ’IF I WERE YOU LADIES,
I'D HANG BACK UNTIL THIS EASES OFF’ AND I ALSO SEEN A POLICE OFFICER ON
HORSE SACK IN FRONT OF THE GATES LEADING TO THE WEST STAND SEATING. I CAN’T
f^pEMBER IF HE WAS SAYING ANYTHING.
Q7
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WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
I DIDN’T SEE ANY STEWARDS AT THE TURNSTILES.
Q2Q
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO.
Q21
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND, IF YES GIVE BRIEF REASON.
PAGE 4QSL2813
YES - BECAUSE OF THE CROWD MYSELF AND MY MOTHER HAD TO FIND REFUGE BETWEEN
TWO GREW GATES OF THE HAIN GATES LEADING TO THE TURNSTILES AND WE DIDN'T
ATTEMPT TO TRY AND GET TO THE TURNSTILES. WE HAD BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT 15-20
MINUTES WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS 'THEY’RE GOING TO
GATE TO THE LEFT OF THE NORTH STAND TURNSTILE AS
OPENED AND A SURGE OF PEOPLE ENTERED VERY QUICKLY AND WE FOLLOWED AND ENTERED
THE GROUND. I DIDN’T ACTUALLY SEE WHO OPENED THE GATE.
^ YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
NO - THROUGH THE OPENED GATE.
023
IF NOT HOW DID YOU ENTER?
AS ABOVE -- SEE 021
024
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
YES AS I SAY BY THE NORTH STAND - THAT’S THE ONLY ONE l SAW OPENED.
DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
AS ABOVE.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE.
N O .
027
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
NO - THERE WAS NOBODY THERE TO TAKE IT - I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THOUGH.
THE HEADS OF THE CROWD IN FRONT OF ME,, I COULD
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Q28
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO - BUT I SAW A POLICEMAN AND A STEWARD BY A CLOSED RAILING TYPE GATE
LEADING TO THE WEST STAND AND MY MOTHER ASKED THE STEWARD WHERE TO GO AND
HE TOLD US WHICH WAY TO GO,,
029
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
ONCE I FOUND THE ’N' GANGWAY IT WAS EASY THEN,
Q30
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)'?
NO.
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031
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N / A
332
W ® THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
I CAN'T REMEMBER ACTUALLY SEEING THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE WHEN I ENTERED THE GROUND
SO I WOULDN'I KNOW.
Q33
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT AND
MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
NO .
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DID YOU WIT NESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND ? IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
I DIDN’T NO.
Q36
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS! (1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION, (2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE
EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
NOT APPLICABLE.
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO,
Q38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO.
039
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR NATCH VIEWING POSITION?
IT MUST HAVE E3EEN FIVE PAST THREE (1505)
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Q40
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
Q41
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
JUST MY MON - HAD A TICKET FOR THE WEST STAND.
Q42
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF
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TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
N O .
013
Q43
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
BEHIND THE GOAL AT THE LEPPINGS LANE END APPEARED PACKED AND THE SIDES WERE
EMPTY BUT I WASN’T AWARE THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN BECOMING CRUSHED«
Q44
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED?
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043
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY).
NO .
016
046
WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NO .
G47
D ® YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
N O .
048
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
Q 17
049
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS OR THE
INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
NO.
PAGE aQSLSS15
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WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
AT TWENTY TO FIVE THEREABOUT (1640),
GS1
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
IT CAME OVER ON THE LOUDSPEAKER THAT THE HATCH HAD BEEN ABANDONED AND NOT TO
HURRY AWAY TO KEEP AREAS CLEAR FOR THE AMBULANCES.
Q1S
052
D ^ Y G U WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO.
QS3
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT>'AS HANDLED,
AFTER THE HATCH WAS STOPPED? A j j /
SURELY THE POLICE COULD HAVE SEEN THAT THINGS WERE VER
PUSHING THEM BACK INTO THE ENCLOSURE AND THEY TREA
ANIMALS.
THE FANS LIKE
POLICE STAFFING WAS COMPLETELY HOPELESS, THE POLICE STANDING IN FRONT OF OUR
Sj^lD COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO HELP THE FANS BEHIND THE GOAL.
QS4
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
OBVIOUSLY THE GROUND IS WRONG -- IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT. I WAN * T HAPPY WITH THE
POLICE CONTROL OF THE CROWD OUTSIDE THE GROUND, AGAIN INSUFFICIENT STAFFING.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FENCING AT THE FRONT OF THE TERRACING MUCH IMPROVED
AS THEY HAVE IN FRANCE AND THE SIDE FENCING COMPLETELY REMOVED,.
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YES.
Q2
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL,
IS IT AM OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
INDEPENDENTLY.
Go
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
ANFIELD SEASON TICKET HOLDER.
06
* PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14.00 NORTH STAND.
DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
WITH FRIENDS.
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INTERVIEWED
NO ADDRESS KNOWN ALL IN NORTH STAND
Q8
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COMPANY)
IN CARS.
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NO, EXCEPT NEAR TO SHEFFIELD WHERE WE STOPPED AT THE ANVIU....E PUB FOR FOOD AND
A DRINK.
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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
NO, BUT WE SET OUT AT 9.00AM (0900)
G1 1
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
YES.
(312
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
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Q13
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
ABOUT QUARTER MILE FROM THE GROUND OFF THE MAIN ROAD*
G 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL POINT
TO THE GROUND?
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENNESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO
Gt6
Q16
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
2.20PM (1420)
WHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRI\
THERE WAS A HASS OF PEOPLE (1300 - 2000) AROUND THE TURNSTILES OF WHICH ONLY
QUEUING.
Q 13
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
TWO ON HORSES BY THE OUTER GATES , ONE ON EACH TURNSTILE, WHO HADN'T GOT
RADIOS.
Q7
Q19
WHAT STEWARDS ’ DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
Q20
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO.
021
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE BRIEF REASON.
BECAUSE OF THE SHEER VOLUME OF THE CROWD, FOR SOME OF THE TINE MY FEET WERE
NOT EVEN ON THE FLOOR, I HAD NO CONTROL OVER WHERE I WENT, I WAS CARRIED
BY THE CROWD. FOR 35 MINUTES DUE TO THE CROWD THERE WAS NO REAL MOVEMENT
TOWARDS THE TURNSTILES.
Q 17
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PAGEQSL2817
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES. I WAS PUSHED THROUGH WITH THE CROWD»
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IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
Q24
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNS m_.ES?
Wit
G25
DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
N O .
G26
DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE
N O .
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
YES.
QIC
(328
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO. BUT WE KNEW WHERE TO GO FROM LAST YEAR.
Q29
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
PAGE 3QSL2S17
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THE NUMBERS IT WAS CAUSING US PROBLEMS TO GET THROUGH TO THE STAND.
030
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON HAP)?
Q 11
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
032
THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
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GROUND. PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING AT THEM TO GO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CROWD,,
033
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
THERE WERE A FEW I NOTICED,
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034
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A ® MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE) *
THE VOLUME OF PEOPLE ALL TRYING ‘10 GET' THROUGH TO ONE AREA THAT WAS CAUSING
PROBLEMS.
Q35
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN
N O .
036
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PAGE 6QSLES'17
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO.
338
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WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
ON MY OWN.
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043
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
WE SAW PEOPLE BEING BROUGHT OUT ONTO THE PITCH.
Q48
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS, OR THE
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THE LACK OF ORGANISATION BEFORE WE GOT TO THE GROUND.
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WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
3.20PM (1520
Q51
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A LOUD
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
Q18
Q52
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
Q53
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED,
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED? ^ . ___ A ^ ^ . j
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f S s WHO SEEMED TO BE HELPING MORE BY PULLING DOWN HOARDINGS AND GETTING
PEOPLE OUT.
054
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE GROUND, TOWARDS THE CAR (APPROX 3,50PM (1550) ) WE
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Q 1
DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES«
Q2
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM/t>0 YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL,
Q3
DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
02
04
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
N/A.
05
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
BROUGHT OUTSIDE GROUND IN PENNISTONE ROAD =
Q 6
wfll' PRICE DID YOU PAY AND /JHICH STAND NAS IT FOR"
£6.00 LEPPINGS LANE, STAS'
03
07
WHO DID YOU TRAVEL TO THE GAME WITH?
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DID YOU GO BY CAR 7 COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
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CAR .
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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE
AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE.
NO.
K'i 4
QIC
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
NO DELAYS.
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DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER
SUPPORTERS CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
NO.
Q 12
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
1.35PM <1355)
05
013
D ^ O U KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
PARKED IN GARTON ROAD.
G 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM
YOUR ARRIVAL. POINT, TO THE GROUND?
N O .
01
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS
BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO.
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WHAT IIHE DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
2 * 30PM (1430)
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WHAT WERE THE utjEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILE
NO QUEUES7 JAM PACKED WITH PEOPLE INTO LEPPINGS LANE,
018
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
NONE SEEN.
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Q 19
WHAT STEWARDS’ DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
2 STEWARDS SEEN STANDING BY GATE C„
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DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
YES, UNABLE TO SEE ENTRANCE POINT B AT TURNSTILES.
QE1
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND, IF YES, GIVE
B^fep REASON,
NO, UNABLE TO GET TO TURNSTILE AT FIRST, FORCED WAY TO STAND ON
BRIDGE, AND SAW GATE C OPENED BY A POLICE OFFICER, CROWD RUSHED IN
AND THEN WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH GATE C AFTER DIRECTED SO BY A POC CE
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
NO.
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IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
VIA GATE C (SEE ABOVE) AT APPROX 2,55PM (
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DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHERS THAN THE TURNSTILES?
YES, (AS ABOVE GATE C) OPENED AT 2.42PM < 144J?) AND STOPPED OPEN UNTIL
S^fcPM (1433) WHEN WITNESS ENTERED GROUND.
026
DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO TfiE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE.
YES AT 2.30PM, (1430) PEOPLE CLIMBED G/JER FENCING AT TURNSTILES,
TO ESCAPE THE CRUSH.
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DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT?
(SEIZE)
T ^ p E T NOT HANDED IN, FULL TICKET STILL IN POSSESSION OF WITNESS
NOT SEIZED.
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028
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU
TO YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NONE SEEN.
029
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
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OF WEST STAND AT APPROX 3.00PM ( 1 5 0 0 ) '
030
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
NO.
011
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A
032
W ® THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
NONE SEEN.
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033
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
NONE SEEN.
012
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN
y f t k ENTRY POINT AND MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
N O .
035
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND P
IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
036
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TWO FOLLOWING POXNTSs
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2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER
(USE NUMBERS 1 AMD 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
N/A.
013
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO,
Q38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO .
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WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
3PM (1300)
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040
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS
TIME, IF YES, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
041
W ^ W E R E YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
AS AT 07,
Q42
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL
INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING
POINT?
N O .
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wHAT TIME THIS HAPPENED?
ONLY OUTSIDE THE GROUND AT 2.30PM (1430)
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT
CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY)
NO.
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•WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NO .
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
NO.
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BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
N<
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A F
IN THE DEATHS, OR THE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?/
1) LACK OF POLICING OUTSIDE THE GROUND,,• X
2) NO STEWARDS SEEN.
3) NO SIGNS, GIVING DIRECTIONS WHERE TO STAND.
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WHAT TSME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
4.30PM (1630)
031
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STEWARD, A LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD.
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO 8E A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO,
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE
INCIDENT WAS HANDLED, AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
1) VERY FEW POLICE OFFICERS IN ATTENDANCE AT FRONT OF THE PENS
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VITAL TO THIS JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
1 R E L I E V E THE GAME SHOULD HAVE BEEN DELAYED, RATHER THAN
GETTING PEOPLE, FORCING THEM INTO THE GROUND.
2) WITNESSED THE OPENING OF GATE C, BY A POLICE OFFICER,
AFTER AT FIRST SPEAKING TO A STEWARD, WHO REFUSED TO OPEN THE GATE
3) SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE CONTROL OUTSIDE THE GROUND,
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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES.
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DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
NO.
02
Q4
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
NO.
Q5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
A F I E L D - THROUGH SEASON TICKET ALLOCATION.
Q6
WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14 NORTH STAND SEATING.
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WHO DID YOU TRAV: TO THE GAME WITH?
LIVERPOOL
AND SEVEN OTHER FRIENDS,
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DID YOU GO BY CAR, COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY).
IN A CAR,
Q9
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT
PURPOSE,
NO.
04
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W g E YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
NO.
Q 11
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS CONSUMING
ALCOHOL?
YES, WE WENT INTO A PUB AND SAW SUPPORTERS FROM BOTH TEAMS DRINKING TOGETHER,
01 £
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
ABOUT 12.30 PM (1230),
013
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
APPROX 5-10 MINUTE WALK FROM THE GROUND,
014
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT TO THE GROUND?
NO .
Q 15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENNESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARXjVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
ABOUT 2.30 PM (1430/.
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WHAT WERE THE QUEUES\L.IKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
NO QUEUES, NO ORGANISATION, CHAOS.
Q 18
WHAT POLICE DIRECTI&&S DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
I SAW ASOUT 20 MOUNTED POLICE DOING NOTHING I SAW POLICE SITTING IN VEHICLES
JUST WATCHING WHAT WAS GOI!
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Q19
WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NONE.
Q20
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
N C ^ THE PEOPLE WHO I TRAVELLED DOWN WITH HAD BEEN TO HILLSBOROUGH BEFORE.
Q21
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND 7 IF YES GIVE BRIEF REASON.
YES, DUE TO THE CROWD AND TOTAL NON-ORGANISATION. IT TOOK UNTIL 3.00 PM
(1500) FOR HE TO ENTER THE GROUND.
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DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
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Q24
DID YOU see: ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
N O .
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DID YOUNUTNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE. N.
YES I SAW A FEW'REOPLE CLIMBING OVER THE WALL AND INTO THE GROUND.
<327
DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
YES, 1 HANDED IT IN.
Q 10
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ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
V ^ J I N G POINT?
YES.
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DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO, NOT REALLY. WE HAD TO ASK A STEWARD FOR FINAL DIRECTIONS TO OUR SEAT.
Q30
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
NO.
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DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
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N/A. .
Q32
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE TURNSTILE THERE WERE ABOUT IQ-15 OFFICERS STANDING
DOING NOTHING AND PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING AT THEM TO SORT THE CROWDS OUTSIDE
THE TURNSTILE INTO SOME ORDER.
Q33
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
I SAW ONLY ONE STEWARD IN THE BACK OF THE NORTH STAND.
034
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT
AND MATCH VIEWING POINT?
(BRIEFLY DESCRIBE).
NO.
035
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND„ IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO.
013
Q36
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS!
•1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION,
2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS
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DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
N O .
038
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN I T BROKE?
NO.
Q39
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
3.00 PM (1300).
Q 13
040
W ® E YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
N O .
041
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
ONE OF THE LADS I'D TRAVELLED WITH.
042
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT THE TIME
OF TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
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Q43
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES j, I HAD A GOOD VIEW INTO PENS 3 S 4 AND IT LOOKED ABSOLUTELY JAM
PACKED.
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WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED?
NO.
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BID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, If SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY).
I CAN’T REALLY SAY.
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WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD"?
NO.
G47
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
I SAW BODIES LYING ON THE PITCH WITH THEIR HEADS COVERED.
Q1S
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DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO .
Q49\
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS
OR THE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON? _ X -C a t c o h M
THROUGH THE TOTAL LACK OF ORGANISATION OUTSlbtJliE GROUND 7 THAT WAS A
M ^ ) R FACTOR IN THE DEATHS AND INJURIES THAT WERE CAUSED.
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WHAT TINE DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
ABOUT 3 . SOPH 3 .40PM C 1330 ) -- < 1540 )
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051
DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A
LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OwN ACCORD.
052
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
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NO. .
Q53
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
IT WAS TREATED AS A PUBLIC ORDER SITUATION BY THE POLICE AND NOT A SERIOUS
EMERGENCY. PEOPLE, BODIES WERE LYING ON THE PITCH AND NO ONE KNEW WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
THE TANNOY SYSTEM WAS USED REPEATEDLY TELLING PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE PITCH
AND RETURN TO THE STANDS, WHICH WAS CRAZY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DYING IN THE
STANDS.
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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES.
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WHIGH\F00TBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOD
Q3
DID YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
Y *
02
04
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED.
Q5
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
FROM A FRIEND OF MY FATHERS.
Q6
■J G kWHPT PRICE DID tSW PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14, FOR THE NORTH' STAND.
Q3
07
WHO DID YOU TRAVEL TO THE GAME WITH'?
WITH FRIENDS WHO HAVE BEEN SEEN.
DID YOU GO BY CAR, COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY)
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Q9
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT
PURPOSE.
NO,
Q4
GnO
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
YES, AT THE GROUND ITSELF THE COACH WENT TO THE WRONG END OF THE GROUND, THAT
DELAYED US FOR 30 - 45 MIMUTES.
0 #
DID YOU WITNESS PR>S8 TO ARRIVAL AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS
CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
A COUPLE ON THE COACH WERE D I K I N G , AND AT PUBS NEAR THE GROUND.
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D ® " O U KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
NO, BUT IT WAS WHERE ALL THE OTHER COACHES PARKED.
Q 14
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT, TO THE GROUND?
THERE WERE POLICE THERE, BUT WE KNOW THE WAY HAVING BEEN THERE BEFORE.
Q15
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS
BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO.
BY COACH WITi-
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Q16
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRI VE^JWL THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
AT ABOUT 2.40PM
Q 17 •v
WHAT WERE THE QUEUESfc^KE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
THERE MERE NO QUEUES, JUgrN4J1ASS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
G IS
WHAT POLICEx|)IRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
WHAT STEWARDS’ DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
YES, BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AT THE TURNSTILES.
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE BRIEF REASON.
Y ® , FOR THE SAME REASON, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
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<322
DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES.
JUST THREE POLICEMEN ON HORSEBACK
NONE
Q23
IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
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YES, THE BLUE GATE TO THE ct^FT , tGATE "A5.
<39
<325
DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
NO.
G26
DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF SO
BRIEFLY DESCRIBE.
NO.
027
YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT? (SEIZE)
YES.
Q10
028
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR
NATCH VIEWING POINT?
I WASN’T AWARE OF ANY, I JUST FOLLOWED THE CROWD.
029
DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
Q3G
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON MAP)?
WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
0
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A
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NO.
Q33
WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?
I THINK THERE WERE STEWARDS THERE,
Q 12
034
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT
AND MATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)
NO .
035
YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,
NO,
036
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO
FOLLOWING POINTS s
1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION,
2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS
1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
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Q 13
037
DID YOU SEE A BARRIER E3REAK IN PEN 3?
NO,
Q38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
N/A
Q39
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
AT ABOUT 3.00PM (1500)
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G40
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES,
BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO.
041
WHO WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH'?
ON MY OWN.
Q42
D ^ YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT THE
TIME OF TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO.
Q 15
G43
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
NO.
Q44
WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO, CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME
T ® k HAPPENED?
N O .
045
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT?
(BRIEFLY)
NO.
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NO.
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NO .
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DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO .
Q49
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OR THE INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL. HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?
YES
WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?
LIVERPOOL
Q3
M YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?
NO
Q2
04
IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUB OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?
N/A
05
WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR TICKET FROM?
ANFIELD - SEASON TICKET HOLDER
WHAT PRICE DID YOU PAY AND WHICH STAND WAS IT FOR?
£14 NORTH STAND
G3
07
WHO DID YOU TRAVEL TO THE GAME WITH?
ALONE BUT ON COACH
QS
DID YOU GO SY CAR, COACH r RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?
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(IF BY COACH NAME THE COMPANY)
COACH - EAVES WAY COACHES
EARLESTOWN, WARRINGTON,
1-5 EARLE STREET
NEWTON LE WILLOWS
MERSEYSIDE WA12 9LW
09
DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE
NO
Q4-
a *
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY TRAVEL DELAYS AND IF SO WHY?
YES. A RING ROAD AT STOCKPORT AFTER M36 MOTORWAY WHERE WE BUMPED INTO
FOOTBALL TRAFFIC GOING TO MANCHESTER. STATIONARY FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE
HOUR .
a ; 1
DID YOU WITNESS PRIOR TO ARRIVAL. AT THE GROUND ANY OTHER SUPPORTERS
CONSUMING ALCOHOL?
NO
mWHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?
2.35PM (1435)
05
013
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU PARKED OR ARRIVED IF BY TRAIN?
DUAL CARRIAGEWAY END OF LEPPINGS LANE. APPROX DROP OFF 1/2 (HALF) MILE FROM
STADIUM.
014
DID YOU RECEIVE OR SEE ANY POLICE DIRECTION OR ESCORT FROM YOUR ARRIVAL
PAGEQSL2S2
POINT, TO THE GROUND?
WE WERE STOPPED ON OUTSKIRTS SHEFFIELD, POLICE INSPECTED COACH FOR DRINK
WHEN WE GOT OFF COACH WE JUST FOLLOWED CROWD TO STADIUM.
Q1S
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHTING OR DRUNKENESS BETWEEN YOUR ARRIVAL
POINT AND THE GROUND?
NO
06
0 1 6
WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND?
S^fcpM (1442)
WHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES?
NOT TOO BAD, BUT WITHIN A MINUTE OR TWO IT WAS EXTREMELY PACKED.
018
WHAT POLICE DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS OUTSIDE THE TURNSTILES?
I SAW 3-4 MOUNTED POLICE AT GATES TO ENTRANCE* THEY WERE JUST HEMMED.
T STEWARDS* DIRECTIONS DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?
NO
Q2G
DID YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN FINDING YOUR ENTRY POINT?
NO
021
DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE BRIEF REASON.
YES VERY CRUSHED, PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING OUTSIDE THE GROUND. IT TOOK ABOUT
20 MINS TO GET THROUGH THE TURNSTILES,
Q 17
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0 2 2
DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?
YES
Q23
IF NOT, HOW DID YOU ENTER?
N/A
024
DID YOU SEE ANY GATES OPEN OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
AND 1 SAW I HE wHUWDfci r LOOD iNiO 1Ht GROUND.c a t ' C r n " r e _ / V
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025
DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE TURNSTILES?
AS ABOVE
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DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY
DESCRIBE,
s a w l a d s c l i m b i n g o v e r t u r n s t i l e w a l l
027
0 YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT?
(SEIZE)
YES STUB HANDED IN
010
028
ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU TO YOUR MATCH
VIEWING POINT?
NO. I WAS CONFUSED I DID NOT SEE MANY SIGNS, BUT AFTER LOOKING HARD I DID
EVENTUALLY SEE A SIGN.
Q29
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DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO
030
DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 2 & 4 ON HAP)?
NO
Q 11
031
DID YOU HAVE FREE PASSAGE ALONG THE TUNNEL?
N/A
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W ® THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?
N/A
<333
WAS THERE ANY HATCH STEWARD CONTROL. AT THIS POINT?
N/A
312
034
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT AND
MATCH VIEWING POINT?
<®IEFLY DESCRIBE)
NO
Q3D
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN„
NO
036
INDICATE ON THIS GRID YOUR POSITIONS IN PEN 3 OR PEN 4 AT THE TWO FOLLOWING
POINTS?
1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION.
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2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1
AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)
N/A
Q13
G37
DID YOU SEE A BARRIER BREAK IN PEN 3?
NO
Q38
WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN IT BROKE?
NO
WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POSITION?
3.05PM (1505)
Q 14
040
WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES, BRIEFLY
EXPLAIN.
NO
Q41
i M f WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?
ALONE
(342
DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF
TAKING UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?
NO
(315
043
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?
YES. I COULD SEE THAT THE CENTRE PENS WERE PACKED
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WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO, CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME THIS
HAPPENED?
NO
045
DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY)
NO IT APPEARED TOO PACKED TO EVEN MOVE BUT SEE 049=
MO
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046
W lS *E YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?
NO
Q47
DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?
NO
G4S
DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.
NO
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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS, OR THE
INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?
1) TOO MANY SUPPORTERS ARRIVED LATE AT THE GROUND.
2 5 WHEN fciEARDSL.LV SiKUUK I Hb BAH, j Hb UROwD Sfa.bfiEiD iO SURUE i-OKWAHD- i. 8 is. L. it. VI:
THAT WAS A CRUCIAL POINT. C / V 1 I ^ O T ^ ' V I A _ t f l l S > C
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WHAT TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?
4.15PM (1615)
Q31
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DID YOU LEAVE ON THE DIRECTION OF EITHER A POLICE OFFICER, A STEWARD, A
LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT OR OF YOUR OWN ACCORD?
OWN ACCORD
Q 18
Q5E
DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?
NO
G33
DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED,
AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?
A -1 W I T APPEARED THAT FOR SOME REASON, AFTER THE FIRE BRIGADE ARRIVE, SOME SORT
OF CONTROL SEEMED TO PREVAIL..
Q54
IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WISH TO ADD WHICH YOU FEEL IS VITAL TO THIS
JUDICIAL INQUIRY?
1) OUR COACH TRAVELLED M6 CS> M56, M63 TO STOCKPORT OFF RING ROAD WOOD
HEAD, SADDLEWORTH AREA THEN Ml. I ASKED THE DRIVER WHY HE TOOK SUCH A LONG
ROUTE HE SAID THAT THOSE WHERE HIS DIRECTIONS. I SAID HE SHOULD HAVE GONE
IN ANGER I
THE COMPANY DIRECTOR VISITED ME AT MY
M62 THEN Ml, THIS! LONGER ROUTE CAUSED OUR COACHES TO BE LATE,
W|prE TO THE COACH COMPANY,
HOME AND TOLD ME THAT THE DRIVER WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO M62 ••••• Ml. HE DID NOT
KNOW WHY THE DRIVER CHOSE THAT ROUTE, BUT LATE ARRIVAL. AT THE GROUND I
FEEL IS A VITAL FACTOR IN THIS DISASTER»
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SIGNATURE OF OFFICER COMPLETINGi QUALITY OF WITNESS ..... IMPRESSIVE
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