Crucial evidence undermining the original inquest into the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 has been uncovered.
In a BBC Panorama programme to be broadcast on Monday night, a long-standing account from an off-duty police officer saying he tried to treat a dying boy after the time the coroner said no-one could have survived has been found to be true through unbroadcast footage.
The revelation calls into question the response of emergency services on the day - which saw 96 Liverpool fans crushed to death at an FA Cup semi-final against Nottingham Forest - and the medical evidence that no-one could have survived after 3.15pm.
The original inquest into the disaster resulted in accidental death verdicts, but in December last year the High Court quashed those verdicts. Fresh inquests were ordered and the Hillsborough Independent Panel's report found that more than half of the 96 fans that died may have had a chance of survival.
Panorama has been able to analyse new footage, which was shown to the police and the victims' families, but locked away because it was considered too distressing to broadcast.
It shines new light on off-duty Merseyside police constable Derek Bruder's claims of attempting to help resuscitate Kevin Williams after the 15.15 cut-off. The 15-year-old was the son of Hillsborough campaigner Anne Williams, who died last month.
Source: Daily Mail
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