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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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04

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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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,

(36

Q1 c)

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

(318

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

(322

DID YOU ENTER THROUGH A TURNSTILE?

YES.

Q23

IF NOT 7 HOW DID YOU ENTER?

N/A.

(324

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.

(329

DID YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY AT ALL. IN FINDING YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?

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NO.

<330

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.

<333

WAS THERE ANY MATCH STEWARD CONTROL AT THIS POINT?

AS AT 32.

0 1 2

(334

DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN YOUR ENTRY POINT

AND HATCH VIEWING POINT?(BRIEFLY DESCRIBE).

NO.

( M

DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND, IF SO BRIEFLY

EXPLAIN.

NO.

(313

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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

037

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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WS®' TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR HATCH VIEWING POSITION7

2.40 PM APPROX <1440).

01 5

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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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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.

(348

DID YOU ASSIST ANYONE WHO WAS DEAD OR INJURED, IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN,,

NO.

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049

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,

020

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,,

(3 3 )

DID NOT ATTEND LAST YEAR’S MATCH.

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YES

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WHICH FOOTE'ALL TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT?

LIVERPOOL,

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04

IS IT AN OFFICIAL SUPPORTERS CLUES OR INDEPENDENTLY ORGANISED?

N/A

Q5


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

Q3

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DID YOU GO BY CAR r COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER KEANS? (IF BY COACH NAME THE

COMPANY)

CAR (OWN)

09

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NOT THAT I CAN RECALL

04

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QUEUES WHICH WERE VERY SLOW MOVIN/U FROM SLIP ROAD INTO SHEFFIELD CITY ITSELF

DELAYED FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.

011


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)

(35

(313


SIDE ROAD OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA (400-500 YDS FROM A MAIN HOSPITAL) ABOUT

HALF AN HOUR ON FOOT FROM GROUND.

(314

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.


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017

WNPr WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR ARRIVAL AT THE TURNSTILES

EXTENDED OUT ONTO LEPPINGS LANE, OUT AjS FAR AS THE MAIN GATES „

Q18


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.

07

019

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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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 ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY

DESCRIBE

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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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0 2 9

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

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YES

G1 1

(331


(332


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,

(336


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(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

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(314

(340

WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES,

BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.

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CONSTANT AND EXCESSIVE» WE MANAGED (I AND MYSELF) TO CLIMB OUT OF

PEN. 3 INTO PEN 2 WHERE THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM.

(341


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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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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Q46

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.

017

049

DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS, OR THE

INJURIES TO ANY PERSON?

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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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4.40PM (1640) - 4.45PM (1645)

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LOUD SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT AROUND THIS TIME AT "50"

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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?

(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

THE CROWD, OR THE INABILITY TO MAKE SUCH COMMUNICATIONS.

(iii) THE LACK OF FACILITIES TO TREAT INJURED PEOPLE WITHIN THE GROUND -

EQUIPMENT, ETC. WAS ALSO APPARENT.

Q54


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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SIGNS OR STEWARDS OR OTHERWISE.

<C> THE TICKET ALLOCATION WAS WRONG LIVERPOOL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED

PROPORTIONATELY MORE TICKETS OR BEEN ALLOCATED THE GREATER CAPACITY END ? IN

VIEW OF THE GREATER FAN FOLLOWING COMPARED WITH NOTTINGHAM FOREST.

Q. 19

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NO.

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ALCOHOL?

NO.

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2.30 PM (1430)

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JUST MAYHEM, ON: AVING MASS OF PEOPLE,,

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N O .

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G27

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NO.

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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.

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NO.

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N/A.

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EXPLAIN.

NO.

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3.02 PM (1502).

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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?

N O .

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Q50

M TIME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND.

3.30 PM (1330).

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LIVERPOOL.

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£6.00 STANDING LEPPINGS LANE.

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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE.

NO STOPS.

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ALCOHOL?

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NOT AFTER WE HAD BEEN DIRECTED BY POLICE TO PARK.

Q. 15

DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER, FIGHT3 ARRIVAL

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2.25 PM (1425)

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ORGANISE PEOPLE INTO QUEUES, UNSUCCESSFULLY.

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WHAT STEWARDS DIRECTION DID YOU WITNESS AT THE TURNSTILES?

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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

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MINUTES TO GET INTO THE GROUND.

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N/A.

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'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.

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NOT EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH MORE EXCESSIVE PUSHING AT THAT POINT.

041


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T<^pNG UP YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?

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ONTO THE PITCH, AND TELLING PEOPLE TO MOVE BACK.

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G43 /

DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CHUSH?

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NOT REALLY SPEC IFICALLY.

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3.30 PM (1330).

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DID YOU GO TO THEE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?

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LIVERPOOL.

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YES .

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WHAT TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHFFIELD?

2.25PM (1425)

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HILLSBOROUGH CENTRE SIDE STREET, ABOUT ";0 MINUTE WALK TO GROUND.

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POINT, TO THE GROUND?

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NONE.

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NO.

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029


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Q30


NO.

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N/A

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N/A

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N/A

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POINTS: (1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION, (2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE

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NO.

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STOOD WITH

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YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD CRUSH?

YES AS BELOW.

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NO.

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Q54


JUDICIAL. INQUIRY?

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T^ImSTILES?

NONE.

Q20

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POINT?

NO, FOLLOWED THE TICKET. HAD NOT BEEN THERE BEFORE.

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NO FOLLOWED MY MATES WHO’S BEEN BEFORE.

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ON HAP)?

NO.

Q 1 1

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NO.

Q33


NO.

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DID YOU WITNESS ANY DISORDER OR OTHER INCIDENTS BETWEEN

YOUR ENTRY POINT AND HATCH VIEWING POINT? (BRIEFLY DESCRIBE)

NO.

Q33

DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND?

IF SO, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.

NO.

G36

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NO,

Q39


1PM (1300) AT THE LATEST.

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WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS

TIME? IF YES, BRIEFLY EXPLAIN„

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DID YOU WITNESS ANY FIGHTS OR DISTURBANCE OR UNUSUAL

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NO.

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CAUSED BY THE OVERSPILL FROM PEN

Q45

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C^pSED IT? (BRIEFLY)

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346

WERE YOU INJURED? IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?

NO.

047


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BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.

NO.

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N O .

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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL MAJCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?

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LIVERPOOL.


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ANFIELD (SEASON TICKET HOLDER),

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DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO, WHERE

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NO,

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CONSUMED 3 PINTS OF SEER.

G 12

TIME DID YOU ARRIVE IN SHEFFIELD?

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Q13


ONE OF THE SIDE STREETS OFF WOOD RD, HILLSBOROUGH,

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YOUR ARRIVAL POINT TO THE GROUND?

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NO.

06

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318

WHAT WERE THE QUEUES LIKE AT YOUR A

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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?

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YES, HAVING PREVIOUSLY BEEN TO THE GROUND.

Q21

DID YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY ENTERING THE GROUND. IF YES, GIVE

BRIEF REASON.

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TO GET IN.

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IF NOT , HOW DID YOU ENTER?

N/A.

Q24


NO.

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DID YOU WITNESS THE OPENING OF ANY GATES OTHER THAN THE

TURNSTILES?

NO.

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YES.

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ONCE INSIDE THE GROUND, DID YOU SEE ANY SIGNS DIRECTING YOU

TO YOUR MATCH VIEWING POINT?

NO.

PAGQSL

0 2 9

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 .


N/A.

Q32

WAS THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE

GROUND?

N/A.

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034


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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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


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NO .

Q39


1450 HRS (1430).

014

040

4ft E YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS

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NO.

041


SAME AS AT (7).

Q42


INCIDENT AT THE TIME OF TAKING UP YOUR HATCH VIEWING

POINT?

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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 ) .

PAGQSL

THE PUSHING FROM BEHIND.

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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.

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052

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NO.

053

DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE

INCIDENT WAS HANDLED>• AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?

NO.

054


^J|AL TO THIS JUDICIAL INQUIRY?

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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.

055

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YES.

Q2


LIVERPOOL.

G3

Im> YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?

02

04


Q5


LIVERPOOL FC.


£14 NORTH END STAND.

(33

07


Q3

DID YOU GO BY CAR r COACH, RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS? (IF BY COACH NAME THE

PAGE ( i B L 2 3 1 4

COMPANY )

:AR VAUXHALL ESTATE BEIGE.

09


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


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


WADSLEY LANE.

Q 14



page: QSLSS1

NO. 1 SAW THREE OR FOUR MOUNTED POLICEMEN AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GROUND.

Q 15



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


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


N ^ E .

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NO APART FROM THE FACT THE SIGNS ABOVE THE TURNSTILE WAS MISLEADING AS TO

ENTRY POINT TO NORTH STAND.

021


NO.

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023


N/A

(324


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(326

DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY

DESCRIBE.

NO.

027


HANDED TICKET IN. GANGWAY F , ROW 22.

Q 10

028


VIEWING POINT?

YES THERE WAS NO PROBLEM INSIDE THE GROUND WITH DIRECTIONS TO NORTH STAND.

(329


NO.

(330


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N/A

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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-


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NO.

(336


POINTS; <1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION, <2> YOUR POSITION AFTER THE


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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WhRfc YOU SUBJECTED 10 ANY EXCESSIVE! CROWD CRUSH AT THIS

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041

WHO wtiRfc YOU b ?OOD UH bA I WJ. TH?

AS Pt:.R QubS i’iON /’ .

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IAKiNO UP YOUR MATCH ViEWING POiNi?

On l y WHA i I. BA ID IN AMSv4ER iO QUEST ION 34«

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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

THE LEPPINGS LANE END

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- 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


NO.

047


YES, BUT ONLY FROM THE NORTH STAND. I WAS NOT CLOSE TO ANY PERSON WHEN THEY

DIED *

Q48


NO.

Q17

MDID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS OR THE


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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APPROXIMATELY 1620 HOURS.

Q3l



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


NO ,

353



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C A T C O M i jEY MANNED X j AND IvOKMij ' UB^iN t KONI Or

HE S 1ANDS wHERE sHEKE WAS OBV JLOuSLY NO TROUBLE AND i irfcA 11 KAGl DY AS A

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


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

Q 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

SUPPORTERS TRAIN WAS DELAYED AT CREWE WHIG# WAS ANNOUNCED Q*r THg TANNOYO r r c o h ^I

SYSTEM. THE LACK OF OBVIOUS COMMUNICATION 13ETWEEN TRARPiC POLICE, POLICE

° mIDE THE GROUND AND THE ONES INSIDE THE GROUND WAS BASIGAUZY THE CAUSE OF

THE TRAGEDY, I DID NOT ATTEND LAST YEARS MATO

THE POLICING ON THAT OCCASION. INCONVENIENT DATES

Q 19

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SIGNATURE OF OFFICER COMPLETING s

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BID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?

YES.

02


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


FROM ANFI ELD -• I AM A SEASON TICKET HOLDER AND I USED MY VOUCHER FOR THE

T^KET.

OS

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A(MY MOTHER) A J

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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

010

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


CONSUMING ALCOHOL?

NO I DIDN'T,


AROUND ABOUT TWO O ’CLOCK (1400)

03

013


IN A LARGE CAR PARK RESERVED FOR NOTTS FOREST FANS BECAUSE WE CAME IN FROM

THEIR END.

014


QSL2S13


NO.

Q15



I DIDN’T NO.

Q6

Q16 ...---

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

(319


I DIDN’T SEE ANY STEWARDS AT THE TURNSTILES.

Q2Q


NO.

Q21


QSL2813

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


AS ABOVE -- SEE 021

024


YES AS I SAY BY THE NORTH STAND - THAT’S THE ONLY ONE l SAW OPENED.


AS ABOVE.

<526

DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO THE GROUND AND IF SO BRIEFLY

DESCRIBE.

N O .

027


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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C A r TSEE A LARGE

022

0

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(TICKET SEEN - ROW 7 , SEAT 147, ENTRANCE A , G A N G W A Y n, f o r £14 = 00),,

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Q28


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


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.

Oil

031


N / A

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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




NO .

Q S L2813

0 3 5

DID YOU WIT NESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND ? IF SO BRIEFLY

EXPLAIN.

I DIDN’T NO.

Q36


POINTS! (1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION, (2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE


NOT APPLICABLE.

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Q38


NO.

039

WHAT TIME DID YOU TAKE UP YOUR NATCH VIEWING POSITION?

IT MUST HAVE E3EEN FIVE PAST THREE (1505)

•

Q40

WERE YOU SUBJECTED TO ANY EXCESSIVE CROWD CRUSH AT THIS TIME, IF YES BRIEFLY

EXPLAIN.

NO.

Q41


JUST MY MON - HAD A TICKET FOR THE WEST STAND.

Q42


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N O .

013

Q43


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


HAPPENED?

> #

043

DID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, IF SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY).

NO .

016

046


NO .

G47

D ® YOU WITNESS ANY DEATHS?

N O .

048


NO.

Q 17

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DID YOU WITNESS ANYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER WAS A FACTOR IN THE DEATHS OR THE


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AT TWENTY TO FIVE THEREABOUT (1640),

GS1



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


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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Q20


NO.

021

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TOWARDS THE TURNSTILES.

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DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 3 & 4 ON HAP)?

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THERE ANY POLICE CONTROL EVIDENT AT THIS POINT IN THE GROUND?

THERE WERE MORE POLICE AROUND THE INSIDE OF THE TURNSTILES THAN OUTSIDE THE

GROUND. PEOPLE WERE SCREAMING AT THEM TO GO SOMETHING ABOUT THE CROWD,,

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DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?

YES«

Q2

WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM/t>0 YOU SUPPORT?

LIVERPOOL,

Q3


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04


N/A.

05


BROUGHT OUTSIDE GROUND IN PENNISTONE ROAD =

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B^fep REASON,

NO, UNABLE TO GET TO TURNSTILE AT FIRST, FORCED WAY TO STAND ON

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S^fcPM (1433) WHEN WITNESS ENTERED GROUND.

026

DID YOU WITNESS ANY UNAUTHORISED ENTRY TO TfiE GROUND, AND IF SO BRIEFLY

DESCRIBE.

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TO ESCAPE THE CRUSH.

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DID YOU HAND YOUR TICKET IN, IF NOT DO YOU STILL POSSESS IT?

(SEIZE)

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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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035

DID YOU WITNESS ANY CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL IN THE GROUND P

IF SO BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.

NO.

036


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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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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,

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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 .

(347


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6:48

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BRIEFLY EXPLAIN.

N<

017

049

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.

4/ i He. OPEN i.Nu Or GAlfc. C AS NDiCA i ir.D , A HULiCE 01- i" IC

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WHAT TSME DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?

4.30PM (1630)

031

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 8E A CRIMINAL OFFENCE?

NO,

DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE

INCIDENT WAS HANDLED, AFTER THE MATCH WAS STOPPED?

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WHO DID YOU TRAV: TO THE GAME WITH?

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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!

07

Q19


NONE.

Q20


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.

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N/A. .

Q32


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


I SAW ONLY ONE STEWARD IN THE BACK OF THE NORTH STAND.

034


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


POINTS!

•1) YOUR FIRST MATCH VIEWING POSITION,



N/A.

Q 1.4

0 3 7

PAGEQSl.2820


N O .

038

WERE YOU AT OR NEAR THE BARRIER WHEN I T BROKE?

NO.

Q39


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


ONE OF THE LADS I'D TRAVELLED WITH.

042



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Q43


YES j, I HAD A GOOD VIEW INTO PENS 3 S 4 AND IT LOOKED ABSOLUTELY JAM

PACKED.

044


HAPPENED?

NO.

PAGEQSL282Q

Q17

045

BID YOU WITNESS ANY CROWD SURGE, If SO DO YOU KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT? (BRIEFLY).

I CAN’T REALLY SAY.

Q4&

WERE YOU INJURED, IF SO DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD"?

NO.

G47


I SAW BODIES LYING ON THE PITCH WITH THEIR HEADS COVERED.

Q1S

(548


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.

Q5G

WHAT TINE DID YOU LEAVE THE FOOTBALL GROUND?

ABOUT 3 . SOPH 3 .40PM C 1330 ) -- < 1540 )

Q 19

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


PAGE SGSLE320

NO. .

Q53

DO YOU HAVE ANY VIEWS OR OBSERVATIONS ON THE WAY THE INCIDENT WAS HANDLED


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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JUDICIAL INQUIRY?

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A N T H E M TO DO SOMETHING TO SORT OUT THE CHAOS OUTS I)

JUST STOOD CHATTING AWAY APPEARING TOTALLY UNCONCERNED,

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NO,

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Q15



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.

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JUST THREE POLICEMEN ON HORSEBACK

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N/A


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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

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NATCH VIEWING POINT?

I WASN’T AWARE OF ANY, I JUST FOLLOWED THE CROWD.

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NO.

Q33


I THINK THERE WERE STEWARDS THERE,

Q 12

034


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,


1 AND 2 IN THE RELEVANT GRID)

N / ^

Q 13

037

DID YOU SEE A BARRIER E3REAK IN PEN 3?

NO,

Q38


N/A

Q39


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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'?

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


NO.

Q44

WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY CROWD CRUSH, IF SO, CAN YOU SAY WHAT TIME

T ® k HAPPENED?

N O .

045

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NO.

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F orenames

DID YOU GO TO THE FOOTBALL. HATCH AT HILLSBOROUGH?

YES


LIVERPOOL

Q3

M YOU GO IN AN ORGANISED PARTY?

NO

Q2

04


N/A

05


ANFIELD - SEASON TICKET HOLDER


£14 NORTH STAND

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QS

DID YOU GO SY CAR, COACH r RAIL OR ANY OTHER MEANS?

PAGEGSL28


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EARLESTOWN, WARRINGTON,

1-5 EARLE STREET

NEWTON LE WILLOWS

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09

DID YOU STOP ANYWHERE EN ROUTE TO THE GAME, IF SO WHERE AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE

NO

Q4-

a *


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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


DUAL CARRIAGEWAY END OF LEPPINGS LANE. APPROX DROP OFF 1/2 (HALF) MILE FROM

STADIUM.

014


PAGEQSL2S2


WE WERE STOPPED ON OUTSKIRTS SHEFFIELD, POLICE INSPECTED COACH FOR DRINK

WHEN WE GOT OFF COACH WE JUST FOLLOWED CROWD TO STADIUM.

Q1S



NO

06

0 1 6


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


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


NO

021


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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YES

Q23


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027

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(SEIZE)

YES STUB HANDED IN

010

028


VIEWING POINT?

NO. I WAS CONFUSED I DID NOT SEE MANY SIGNS, BUT AFTER LOOKING HARD I DID

EVENTUALLY SEE A SIGN.

Q29

PAGEQSL2SE5


NO

030

DID YOU USE THE TUNNEL TO THE STANDING AREA (TO PENS 2 & 4 ON HAP)?

NO

Q 11

031


N/A

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N/A

<333

WAS THERE ANY HATCH STEWARD CONTROL. AT THIS POINT?

N/A

312

034


MATCH VIEWING POINT?

<®IEFLY DESCRIBE)

NO

Q3D


EXPLAIN„

NO

036


POINTS?


PAGE' 6q s l S 6 e ::>

2) YOUR POSITION AFTER THE EVENTS WHICH LEAD TO THE DISASTER (USE NUMBERS 1


N/A

Q13

G37


NO

Q38


NO


3.05PM (1505)

Q 14

040


EXPLAIN.

NO

Q41

i M f WERE YOU STOOD OR SAT WITH?

ALONE

(342



NO

(315

043


YES. I COULD SEE THAT THE CENTRE PENS WERE PACKED

QSLS32S

q 4 4

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

<3 6

046

W lS *E YOU INJURED, IF SO, DID YOU ATTEND HOSPITAL IN SHEFFIELD?

NO

Q47


NO

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NO

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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

(530


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


NO

G33



A -1 W I T APPEARED THAT FOR SOME REASON, AFTER THE FIRE BRIGADE ARRIVE, SOME SORT

OF CONTROL SEEMED TO PREVAIL..

Q54


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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