Theres a campaign to bring forwards the inquest of Kevin Williams, one of the 96 supporters killed at Hillsborough, because his mother has been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. The Attorney General has said that he recognises the additional urgency her terminal cancer brings. On October 16, Attorney General Dominic Grieve announced he intended to apply to the High Court to overturn the discredited inquest verdict of accidental death and order a fresh inquest into the deaths of all 96 who died at the 1989 FA Cup Semi-Final.
Kevin, was 15 when he died at Hillsborough. Her mother has always disputed the coroner's verdict of accidental death, particularly since it was proven that her son was still alive 45 minutes after the time when the coroner had earlier ruled that all victims were dead. Police officer Debra Martin has described how, at 4pm on the day of the disaster, Kevin had opened his eyes and said "Mum" before losing consciousness. In order to speed things up, an e-petition has been launched calling on the government to get a new inquest into Kevin's death brought forward as soon as possible. Over 20,000 people have signed the e-petition already, 10,000 were needed to prompt a Government response, Mr Grieve's office has issued a statement saying he was deeply saddened to hear of Anne Williams diagnosis. It adds that Mr Grieve continues to give this matter priority and stresses that he recognises the additional urgency this sad news brings to the process and will make his application as soon as he possibly can. But before the e-petition can be considered for debate by the Backbench Business Committee should it pass the 100,000 signature mark. Please consider signing the e-petition, its at https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/40925 ------------------------------------------------ This message was sent using InSPire Net Webmail. http://www.inspire.net.nz
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