Marchers demand new Hillsborough disaster probe

Football fans are marching through London later to demand justice for the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough stadium disaster. One survivor, Steve Hart, and five relatives of supporters who died, will deliver a 30,000-name petition to Downing Street. It will call for a police investigation into whether new criminal proceedings should be launched and demand the release of 300 boxes of evidence. Before stepping down, former home secretary Jacqui Smith asked South Yorkshire Police to release the information now, ten years early. Liverpool fan and march organiser Barry Thompson is hoping for about 5,000 people to take part. "But the message on the petition is more important than the number marching," he said. He went on: "We want to reaffirm that the Government still has an obligation to the families of the 96, the fans, the club and the city as a whole." The 96 died after a crush in the Leppings Lane end of the Sheffield stadium on April 15, 1989, where fans had gathered Liverpool's FA Cup semi-final clash with Nottingham Forest.

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ITN | June 20, 2009

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