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Hillsborough disaster verdicts set to be delivered

Associated Press
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    FILE- In this file photo dated April 17, 1989, floral tributes are placed by soccer fans at the 'Kop' end of Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England, on April 17, 1989, after the Hillsborough April 15 tragedy when fans surged forward during the Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough Stadium killing 96 people. The 96 Liverpool soccer fans who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster were “unlawfully killed” because of errors by the police, a jury concluded Tuesday April 26, 2016. (AP Photo/ Peter Kemp, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this April 15, 1989 file photo police, stewards and supporters tend and care for wounded supporters on the field at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, England. The 96 Liverpool soccer fans who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster were “unlawfully killed” because of errors by the police, a jury concluded Tuesday April 26, 2016. (AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this April 15, 1989 file photo police, stewards and supporters tend and care for wounded supporters on the field at Hillsborough Stadium, in Sheffield, England. The 96 Liverpool soccer fans who died in the Hillsborough Stadium disaster were “unlawfully killed” because of errors by the police, a jury concluded Tuesday April 26, 2016.(AP Photo, File) (The Associated Press)

WARRINGTON, England – Jurors deciding what caused the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans in the 1989 Hillsborough disaster are set to deliver their verdicts, ending an inquest lasting more than two years.

The original verdicts of accidental death were overturned in 2012, and a new inquest into Britain's worst sporting disaster was ordered.

The jury has considered 14 questions set out by the coroner, including determining if the police officer in charge was responsible. The verdicts will be delivered Tuesday.

The coroner, John Goldring, told nine jurors he could accept a decision of 7-2 or 8-1 on one remaining question they hadn't agreed on — whether Liverpool fans were unlawfully killed.

A crush in an overcrowded standing-only section in at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield at an FA Cup semifinal match between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest led to the deaths.