MP calls for Hillsborough death inquest

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Stephen Mosley MP calls on the government to grant a fresh inquest into the death of Hillsborough victim, Kevin Williams.

In today's debate I will be representing my constituent, Mrs Anne Williams, in a Westminster Hall debate to seek the truth about what happened to her 15 year old son Kevin at the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

The debate has been triggered after Mrs Williams' e-petition, calling on the Attorney General to order a new inquest into Kevin’s death under section 13 of the Coroners Act, received over 100,000 signatures.

The events surrounding Kevin’s death are hugely contentious. The coroner who oversaw the inquests into the deaths of all who died at Hillsborough declared that all were either dead, or brain dead, by 3:15pm on Saturday 15th April 1989 and that all had died from traumatic asphyxia. Consequently, none of the inquests were able to deal with events that occurred after 3:15pm.

However, compelling evidence exists that show Kevin was alive long after 3:15pm that day and I am in no doubt that the original inquest into his death was wrong.

There are witness statements from two police constables who testified that Kevin was alive at 3:37 and 3:55 respectively. These same police officers were pressured by senior police officials to amend their statements to say that Kevin was not alive.

Furthermore, there are also autopsy reports compiled by three of the country's leading pathologists that disagree, without exception, with the original autopsy’s findings of traumatic asphyxia.

Mrs Williams has had three previous requests for a new inquest into her son's death refused by the Attorney General’s office and she has been refused an inquest by the European Court of Human Rights due to timing technicalities.

Mrs Williams intends to submit a new formal request to the Attorney General, for the original inquest to be quashed and a new inquest be held, in the summer once the Hillsborough Independent Panel has reported.

I hope that upon review of the evidence that the Attorney General will see the glaring inaccuracies of the original inquest, will realise the injustice of his predecessors’ decisions, and will order a fresh inquest into Kevin’s death.

Additionally, whilst the focus of the debate is tightly drawn around the circumstances surrounding Kevin’s death at Hillsborough, the evidence that I intend to put forward relating to Kevin’s death is significant in relation to all who were affected by the events of that day.

The debate today is just one part of an arduous 23 year campaign for justice for the 96 who lost their lives at Hillsborough.

All that Mrs Williams asks for is the truth and I hope that the Attorney General will be persuaded by the compelling evidence that exists to grant the inquest that she, and Kevin, so rightly deserve.

Stephen Mosley has been Conservative MP for the City of Chester since 2010.