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Victims' kin weep in court at Hillsborough inquests

<p>Relatives wept in court yesterday as the names of the 96 Liverpool football supporters who died in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush were read out and the disaster was recounted</p>

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Ronnie Gilhooley, whose 10-year-old son Jon-Paul died in the 1989 disaster. Pic/AFP

Ronnie Gilhooley, whose 10-year-old son Jon-Paul died in the 1989 disaster. Pic/AFP

London: Relatives wept in court yesterday as the names of the 96 Liverpool football supporters who died in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium crush were read out and the disaster was recounted.

Ronnie Gilhooley, whose 10-year-old son Jon-Paul died in the 1989 disaster. Pic/AFP
Ronnie Gilhooley, whose 10-year-old son Jon-Paul died in the 1989 disaster. Pic/AFP  

Lord Justice John Goldring, the coroner presiding over fresh inquests into the deaths, said Britain's worst sporting disaster was "seared into the memories" of everyone affected by it.

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