Hillsborough families call for criminal charges after inquest jury rules 96 football fans...

'Now put them on trial': Hillsborough families call for criminal charges after inquest jury rules 96 football fans WERE unlawfully killed in stadium tragedy. The families of the 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster have called on authorities to bring criminals proceedings against those responsible for their loved ones' deaths. A jury in fresh inquests into the deaths today found a series of failures by police and authorities caused the 1989 stadium tragedy - and concluded the supporters were not to blame for what happened. Relatives of those who perished in the disaster sobbed and held hands as an inquests jury exonerated the supporters and at last held police to account for their errors and the extraordinary cover-up which followed. The Crown Prosecution Service has said it will consider the results of a police investigation into the handling of the disaster and what followed, as well a probe by the police watchdog, the IPCC. Elkan Abrahamson, from the law firms representing the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, urged authorities to ensure criminal proceedings are brought as quickly as possible.