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Hillsborough survivor: Finally justice for the families

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 29 Jun 2017, 7:32AM
Wreaths paying tribute to victims of the Hillsborough disaster at the Hillsborough Memorial . (Photo \ Getty Images)

Hillsborough survivor: Finally justice for the families

Author
Newstalk ZB Staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 29 Jun 2017, 7:32AM

Long-awaited justice for the families of the UK's Hillsborough tragedy.

Six people are facing criminal charges after 95 people were crushed to death in a football stadium 28 years ago.

A 96th person died from the injuries year later.

For decades families of the dead fought for justice, after authorities tried to blame victims in a cover-up.

Among the charged are authorities, accused of manslaughter and perverting the course of justice.

Survivor Adrian Tempany told Rachel Smalley the tragedy was heartbreaking.

"My arms were trapped by my sides. A lot of the people who died, died within feet of me. People who were dying were kind of pleading with us to help save them but we literally couldn't move."

Mr Tempany said anti-football attitudes are to blame for the tragedy, saying police at the time treated victims as football 'hooligans'.

"The policing in that particular police force had become very confrontational. We were living in a country that was quite divided. There was no appetite, really, to listen to football fans."

LISTEN ABOVE AS ADRIAN TEMPANY SPEAKS WITH RACHEL SMALLEY

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