UPDATED: 9.14AM It happened nearly 30 years ago - and now - after hearing two years of evidence, a jury has found the victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster were unlawfully killed.

It's considered a landmark verdict in the UK.

Ninety-six Liverpool fans died in a human crush on April 15 1989 at the match in Sheffield between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.

Superintendent David Duckenfield has been found responsible by a Coroner's Court jury, for his failure to close off a tunnel leading from a fenced-in enclosure 27 years ago.

Talksport correspondent John Norman told Jack Tame it's taken the police the best part of 27 years to admit to this - and to be held to account.

"There will be questions to ask, as there should be, and there has been for many many years, but now the weight of the law is behind the Liverpool fans themselves."

UK correspondent Gavin Grey told Rachel Smalley while this isn't about prosecution - it's been a long wait for the families of those who were killed.

"The inquest itself, the longest in English legal history, 279 days. 26 days of summing up."

Mr Grey said the first inquest happened not long after the event - and only looked at the events up to 3:15 in the afternoon.

"That meant that the emergency service response was never looked at, because of course the emergency services weren't called upon before that point to do anything, so that was a fairly crucial difference."

The families' lawyer Michael Mansfield QC said the families are desperate for accountability.

"It's one thing to learn the truth, it's another thing to get a form of justice here, but accountability on an individual basis so the people responsible are actually brought to justice, because of the damage that has been for 27 years."

Sky's Nick Martin was there when the verdict was read out.

"There were shrieks, there were cheers, there were tears. Some people stood up and punched the air. In the far corner I heard someone stand up, point to the jury and say 'thank you, jury.'"

Stadium design came into question soon after the disaster.

BBC correspondent Andy Gill told Rachel Smalley the Taylor report - the first official inquiry into the disaster - made clear recommendations about standing areas in football grounds.

"In most football grounds now -- certainly in the Premier League and in the second division of the championship, I'm pretty sure in the lower divisions as well -- you will not find standing areas, they are all seated stadia."

Trevor Hicks' two daughters were killed in the disaster.

"They were good kids and I've never had the opportunity to see the time and the effort we put into them came to fruition. And obviously that can never change, but that's one of the things I have great difficulty in dealing with, because you can't wind the clock back."

Mr Hicks fought for 27 years to reveal what he called a cover-up by the authorities and a dirty tricks campaign against the victims.

Karen Hankin lost her husband in the disaster.

"The injustice that was dealt to us, is an injustice to all. The callous disregard for the dead, the survivors, the families and our city as a whole. It knows no bounds."

Margaret Aspinall's 18-year -old son James died in the human crush on April 15th 1989.

She said today's decision brings some peace.

"Please God, Son, I want you to sleep well for the first time. I want you to rest in peace now, without seeing your mum's anger and I'm sure after today he's going to have a good sleep."

The Crown Prosecution Service now says it will investigate whether criminal charges should be brought against individuals or organisations in the wake of the inquest.