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SILENT FOOTAGE

The inquest at Sheffield Town Hall

had to determine how and when the 95 victims died.

After hearing evidence from more than 200 witnesses

and retiring for two days and two nights

to consider their decision,

the jury returned with their verdict - accidental death.

Thank you, Chair.

If I can, I'd like to come back to the...

..actual wording of the verdict.

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

"Accidental death"?

Think about that, what does that mean?

All our children just happened

to wander into a football ground one day and just wind up dead?

By accident?

What, they tripped over? They banged their heads?

This is 95 people...

..who had the life crushed out of them in an overcrowded cattle pen

because the authorities cocked up on the day.

MURMURS OF AGREEMENT

Let's have this right here and now. If this was an accident...

..then it was man-made...

..and it was avoidable.

I never got the chance to say goodbye to my lad.

We will NEVER let this lie.

And we will FIGHT it...

..until justice is done.

There you are, Anne.

Enjoy. Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh! Um, that was great, by the way.

Glad you came along?

Oh, yeah.

Taking that first step,

it's always the hardest bit.

Especially on your own.

Oh, I'm not...

My husband, Steve... Well, he's... He's not...

He's not much of a talker - typical man.

Well, you just tell your Steve from this typical man,

if he ever does want to talk...

I mean it. We've all been there.

Thank you.

You know, I've had so many different people

telling me so many different things and, John, I...

I just need answers.

Hang on a minute.

Teresa... Can you pass us a pen and a bit of paper?

There's someone I want you to get in touch with.

There you go. Thanks, love.

Sheila Coleman.

Sheila attended every single one of those inquests for the City Council.

She might be able to help you with some of the questions you've got.

And she's all right, Sheila, I think you'll like her.

Promise me you'll ring her?

Promise.

Thank you.

HORNS HONK

DOOR OPENS

Anne? Yeah.

Sorry I'm a bit late! Sheila.

Don't get up, you just sit down! Right.

Is that Kevin?

Yeah.

I'm so sorry.

I've got a lad of my own....

I honestly don't know what I'd do.

God, I'm starving. Are you hungry?

They do a brilliant club sandwich in here.

You know what? I've never had one.

You've never had a club sandwich? No!

Well, are you in for a treat. Excuse me?

Two club sandwiches, please. Do you want a drink?

Um... Spritzer?

Yeah. Two spritzers, please,

with ice and soda, thank you.

Right. Good to meet you, Anne.

You, too.

I don't how much John's told you,

but I'm... Well, basically, I'm an academic researcher,

and in that capacity, I attended all the inquests

on behalf of Liverpool City Council.

Right. Right.

They started every single inquest

with blood alcohol readings, even the kids.

From day one, the families had been interrogated

as to whether they'd had a couple of pints on their way.

Do you see the script?

"Drunken Liverpool fans at it again."

Look, the least we can do for your boy

and all those who died with him

is to put the record straight, starting with judicial review.

Thank you. There you are.

Thank you. There you go.

Cheers.

Cheers!

OK.

Step one is we have to convince a barrister

to take the case on in the first place.

To do that, we need evidence.

We've got someone coming up from London, Ed Fitzgerald.

He is one of THE best human rights specialists around.

Right.

I was there for your Kevin's inquest and, for me,

his is the case with the most discrepancies.

I think once we explain some of those anomalies to Ed,

there's no way he can turn us down.

You know, I've been so lost,

since Kev's first inquest.

You know, up till then... Well...

I thought he'd died outright in the crush.

And then we were told that he was still alive on the pitch.

And then,

of course, the coroner ruled that everyone was dead by 3:15, so...

It's a bit more complicated than that.

What the coroner actually said is that everybody had received

the injuries they died from by 3:15.

But my question is,

did they need to die from those injuries?

Could any of them have been saved?

You know, I was shown a photo

of a police officer giving Kev mouth-to-mouth on the pitch,

and then... There's this police lady,

called Debra Martin.

Now, she said she heard him speak in the gymnasium,

and that was well after 3:15.

That's it.

That's exactly the sort of evidence I'm talking about, Anne.

Right. We need to find those witnesses

and prove that Kevin could have been saved.

SHOP BELL RINGS

Hello,

South Yorkshire Police?

Yeah, I wonder if you can help me. I'm...

I'm trying to track down some witness statements.

MAN: 'Can I ask what this is in relation to?'

Yeah, it's relating to the, um...

The Hillsborough football disaster.

'Right, I'll try and find out for you.'

SHE BLOWS

'Yeah, I don't think we'll be able to deal with a request like that

'over the phone, you'll have to put it in writing.' What?

I'm sorry, but why didn't they tell me that in the first place?

SHE SIGHS

"Dear Sir, my name is Anne Williams.

"I am writing to you about my son,

"Kevin Daniel Williams,

"who died at Hillsborough.

"I have never received copies of the witness statements

"taken in relation to Kevin's case...

"which I believe I am entitled to see."

LETTERBOX CLATTERS

RAPID FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS

ON RADIO: 'Last Christmas' by Wham!

Can I look at that?

About time.

Sara, love, can you pass me that file, please?

Thanks.

MUSIC ON RADIO

Right.

SHE MURMURS TO HERSELF

Here we go.

Hello? Um, yeah, is that F Division?

'Yes, it is.'

Could I speak to PC 7808, please?

Derek Bruder?

'I'm afraid PC Bruder isn't stationed here any more.'

What? Well, I've got it down here that Halewood's his station.

'He's actually at Hope Street now.'

Oh, right. Well, could you transfer me to Hope Street, please?

'I'm not able to do that, sorry.'

Right, well, could you at least give me the number?

'I'm not allowed to give out his number.

'If you give us your number, I can get him to call you?'

Right.

It's Mrs Anne Williams.

And it's 0704...

'I'm sorry, we can't make long-distance calls.'

It isn't a long-distance number. It's Formby.

Hiya, love.

KEYS CLATTER

PHONE RINGS

RADIO ON

Hello?

Gimme that... Hello?

Yeah, speaking.

Yeah.

No, no, no.

No, that's great. Um...

Yeah, Sunday, Sunday.

Er, whenever's good for PC Bruder.

Yeah.

SIRENS IN DISTANCE

Come straight in, lad.

Er, no need to stand, we're not like that here.

DOOR CLOSES PC Bruder...

Sheila Coleman, Anne Williams.

Sorry, er...

First of all, I, um...

I just want to thank you...

To thank you for trying to help save my son.

And...

Well, what I want to know is...

There's a Sheffield policeman,

and he said he pulled Kevin out of the crowd at 3:28.

And he was dead.

But you were giving the kiss of life...

after that.

So I suppose what I want to know is... well, was he?

Alive?

I can only really tell you what I saw, Mrs Williams.

I saw Kevin convulsing on the pitch and that's why I went down.

Cos I was convinced I could still help him.

And then I looked for a pulse in Kevin's neck.

And, yeah, it was only slight, but there was something there.

Do you know what time that was?

It was around 3:35.

An ambulance went past as we were assisting him.

Now... the inspector from West Midlands...

he says the two ambulances both came onto the pitch much earlier.

Inspector Sawers, yeah?

Yeah, he said the same to me.

But I told Inspector Sawers what I'm telling you now.

There was a third ambulance.

The guy who was helping me with Kevin tried to flag it down,

but it didn't stop.

In your first statement, you said Kevin was convulsing.

But you distanced yourself from that somewhat in your amended statement.

Can I ask why you changed your mind?

During the meeting with Inspector Sawers,

I was put on the phone with Dr Slater -

the medic who did Kevin's autopsy.

And he talked me through what I'd seen...

and what the realistic possibilities were.

And Inspector Sawers kept asking me,

"Are you sure you saw him convulsing, PC Bruder?"

How long was Inspector Sawers with you?

Just out of interest.

About six hours.

All I knew for sure

was that I wanted to do everything that I could to try and help him...

..because he was still alive.

So you'll help us, then?

I'm sorry.

I really have thought long and hard about this,

but I just need to keep my head down now.

I want to try and put it behind me.

Yeah, well, I wish I could.

I promise you this.

If you do succeed in your appeal...

If you get the new inquest you're looking for,

then I will absolutely stand up on oath

and I'll tell the court exactly what I saw

and what I think happened to your son.

But we need you now, PC Bruder.

Please...

For Kevin.

I'm really sorry.

DOOR CLOSES

BIRDSONG

What are you doing in there?

Digging an escape tunnel?

Nothing from Debra Martin?

No.

Not yet.

So do you not think that maybe...? What?

Sack it off? No...

No, I'm not saying that.

Just...

maybe...

put it to the side for a while.

We need a break.

From Hillsborough.

All of us.

How about we just get away for a little break somewhere?

Isle of Man?

Be cheap as chips this time of year, wouldn't it?

Come on, let's get off.

Yeah.

You're right.

We should.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Oh, hang on. I've got something for you.

A thesaurus.

I don't know, it might come in handy with...

..all your letter writing and things.

Thank you.

'The last disciplinary charge'

against a police officer arising from the Hillsborough disaster

has been dropped by the Police Complaints Authority.

It means that no disciplinary or criminal proceedings

will be brought against any of the officers who were on duty

at the stadium where 95 people died.

NEWS ON, KEYS CLATTER

PHONE RINGS

TV: 'The man in charge of the police operation lost control...'

Hello?

Speaking.

'..one of two officers facing charges of neglecting their duty...'

Miss Martin?

'..suffering from post-traumatic stress...'

No, no, of course...

No, I'm delighted, Debra.

Saturday?

No, no, no, no, that's not a problem at all, that's great.

Steve, um...

Don't shout at me, right?

Go on.

Debra Martin's just called.

She's agreed to speak to me.

Well, that's good, isn't it?

Well, um...

She's coming this weekend.

This weekend?

Oh, come on...

Don't be like that.

We can go to the Isle of Man another weekend. Well...

You can tell the kids, then, can't you?

Excuse me.

CLATTERS

Hiya, love.

Hello, Steve.

Thanks a million for letting us use your home.

No, no, it's no problem, honestly. It's...

It's all good.

I take it you're Miss Martin?

Yeah. Hiya.

Nice to meet you.

And I'm Sheila. Good to meet you at last, Steve. You, too.

I'm Ann. Ann Adlington.

I'm Liverpool City Council's solicitor on Hillsborough.

Oh, OK. Another... Another Ann, eh?

That's double trouble. LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

Er... Tea, everyone?

Help yourself.

Have you any objections if we record this, Debra?

I'd like to draw up a new statement, too, if that's OK, Debra?

No objections at all. I want it on the record.

Well, I might be knocking off soon, so, er...

if you don't need me?

Well, are you sure, love?

Nice meeting you.

Right.

Around kick-off time, the sirens started,

so a group of us police went down to the Leppings Lane End.

It was chaos.

You couldn't hear any instructions because our radios were crackling -

full of interference.

There was an ambulance having a terrible time trying to get through

because everywhere was so crammed.

I just started sprinting round,

helping take people who were injured.

Some of them were dead.

These two lads...

brought your boy over from where PC Bruder had seen to him.

Because they could see there were coppers over my side.

They put him down, and someone said,

"For God's sake, just help him."

I could see his necklace hanging out.

Was it this one?

And what time was this, Debra?

Quarter to four.

That's half an hour after the cut-off point.

DEBRA SOBS

I started giving him mouth-to-mouth

and some heart massage,

and...

his chest exhaled a few times.

I picked him up in my arms, and that's when he opened his eyes.

He had long, black eyelashes.

I'll never forget the look in that little boy's eyes.

He was only a baby.

And he just said, "Mum."

Oh, God...

Then carried on looking for a few more seconds, and then...

I just had him in my arms.

And then... I'm so sorry, Mrs Williams.

THEY SOB

Please don't be sorry.

SOBS Thank you.

ANN: Thanks again for making the time to come up and see us,

Mr Fitzgerald. Ed, please.

So, what we're going to do here today

is to ask each of the six families going for a judicial review

to tell you about what happened to their loved ones -

Paul Carlile, Ian Glover,

Richard Jones, Michael Kelly, Peter Tootle,

and Kevin Williams.

So, Anne Williams is going to tell you about her son Kevin.

CLOCK TICKS

'I lost my son at Hillsborough.

'I haven't had a proper night's sleep...

'..in three years, Mr Fitzgerald.'

Sorry.

CLEARS THROAT

Please take your time, Mrs Williams.

There's absolutely no hurry.

Thank you.

'I'm confused by all of this.'

'See, Kev was just a boy.

'..and I still don't know for certain what happened to him.'

See, I...

I haven't collected Kev's death certificate.

And I won't.

Not until they give us the truth.

I'm sorry...

Can I summarise, Ed?

Yes, er... By all means.

Anne has witnesses who say that her son Kevin was alive

after the supposed 3:15 cut-off point.

Both witnesses say they felt a pulse.

One of them says he saw Kevin convulsing.

The other says he actually spoke. Really?

Well, who are these witnesses?

These are serving police officers who were there on the day.

Suppose Kevin had been killed in a traffic accident,

not a football match.

His inquest would have looked at everything,

including the after-care.

Yet with Hillsborough,

the coroner is refusing to look at any evidence after 3:15. Why?

In doing that, the coroner is denying these people

the basic understanding

as to whether their loved ones could have been saved.

This is what this is all about, Ed.

This is why we're asking you to take this on

and this is why these families need new inquests.

OK, look...

This is a long shot.

Inquests are so protracted and expensive, we have to show

that it's absolutely in the interests of justice

to even stand a chance of getting the thing overturned.

All right, let's give it a go, shall we?

Let's apply to the High Court for a judicial review.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

'Allan and Barbara Bland kept up the routine of daily visits

'to their son's bedside, but began a legal fight to allow him to die.

'Last month, the High Court ruled

'doctors could remove Tony's feeding tube.

'At Anfield, a memorial stone records the names of those

'who died at Hillsborough.

'Tony's parents now want his name added to the 95 others.'

FOOTBALL COMMENTARY ON RADIO

THEY CHUCKLE

Where does this put us if we hold on?

Still fourth.

Deffo 2-1.

THEY CHUCKLE

SEAGULLS CRY

She's turning into our Kev, isn't she?

She's worse.

Tell you what, whoever invented mushy peas,

I want to shake his hand.

How do you know it was a man?

I don't!

Is everything all right, love? Yeah.

Lovely.

I'm, um...

I'm just going to give Sheila a quick ring.

See how they're getting on with Ed Fitzgerald.

All right?

I won't be a minute.

STEVE SIGHS

Is that nice, love? Yeah.

All right, Sheila?

It's me.

Have you got a date for the hearing?

When?

And what did he say?

So, will he need anything more from me?

Right.

No, that's great.

Yeah, no. We're just having our tea, yeah.

SHE CHUCKLES

No, we're dead made up.

Yeah, no, we're having a lovely time - really lovely, yeah.

Thanks.

All right, great.

OK, well...

Yeah, yeah. Speak to you soon.

All right, She.

Bye, love. Bye, bye.

We've got a date for the hearing.

It's great!

ED: 'My Lords, I can best summarise the inherent injustice'

of these cases by highlighting three key areas.

One, that the jury in the original inquest

were not given a full picture of the evidence of some witnesses,

whose statements were partially summarised

at the many inquests.

How can an inquiry reach a fair conclusion

if all of the relevant information is not to hand?

Secondly, my Lords,

the coroner wrongly introduced a cut-off time of 3:15

for the hearing of evidence,

with the result that no inquiry was made as to whether the deaths

were caused in part by the delay in calling emergency services,

and any shortcomings in the response of the police

and emergency services after the cut-off time.

And finally, my Lords,

it is our contention

that the coroner's direction

upon the elements of the offence of manslaughter was wrong in law.

MURMURS

The offence of involuntary manslaughter is established

if there is proof of a grossly negligent act or omission

causing death, my Lords.

And I believe we have amply demonstrated that there was.

So, how d'you think it's going?

Er... It's hard to tell with that old bugger.

Wait and see.

He did nod a few times.

Well, it doesn't necessarily mean he's agreeing.

Ah, right.

Look, this is really good of you. Not at all.

It's the least we can do.

But my club is literally two minutes away.

Why don't you let me treat you?

Yeah, but does your club do an all-you-can-eat salad bar?

No, it doesn't.

Fair enough. LAUGHTER

Well, you're in the wrong club!

'You have told me'

that the families are pursuing this matter

because they have a deep instinct to know the circumstances

in which their relatives died.

But I hope that they, for their part,

can understand that I have to take an objective view,

that I have to consider

the interests of all those concerned,

including all the witnesses,

who would have to come back five years later

and try and cast their minds back on events

that they have been trying hard to forget.

Taking that objective view,

and considering the interests of all concerned,

I would conclude in my discretion

that this was not a case in which it would be right

to order fresh inquests.

GASPS, MURMURS

FIREWORKS BANG AND WHISTLE

SARA: Mum!

STEVE: Hello, love.

You must be shattered.

Come on, Mum. Come and get warm by the bonfire.

I'll tell you something that'll burn really nicely.

What?

All those bloody useless files of mine.

You've done brilliantly, you know.

Just getting this far.

Honestly, love. Listen to me.

I do not know why you've done it.

Look at me.

Look at me.

I just think now that, for your sake...

..and for the kids' sake...

..maybe it's time?

I think it's time to move on, darling.

I love you.

Eh?

Come on, it'll be all right. Mm.

FIREWORKS WHIZZ

Sara...

FIREWORKS BANG

Oh, love, come here.

Hey...

I'll never get rid of 'em.

Never.

Don't give up, Mum.

TV ON, KEYS CLATTER

Mum, can you keep that down a bit?

Excuse me, Michael...

I'm writing to Richard Branson here.

Yeah, well, we're trying to watch The Cook Report. What?

That weird bloke who follows dodgy builders 'round

and gets beaten up every week?

That bloke has brought down some of the biggest crooks in the country.

PROGRAMME STARTS

BIRDSONG

Mrs Williams? David Alford from The Cook Report.

Please, call me Anne. Come on in. Thank you.

This is Sara.

She's my number one helper.

Please, sit down.

Thank you.

Right, well...

I suppose we'd best start.

This is PC Bruder.

Now, he's the off-duty policeman

that I mentioned to you in my letter.

Now, he is adamant

that my son was still alive at this point.

This is at 3:35? Yeah.

Now, he can be certain about that,

because he said he saw the ambulance go past

while he was still helping Kevin.

A fares ambulance, which the police claim was never there.

Then we'd better try and find it.

You do know there were 42 ambulances banked up outside?

You what?

Well, no, I didn't. Yeah.

The police wouldn't let them through.

Sorry, I'm...

I'm getting ahead of myself. Look,

Anne...

We want this story. Hm?

The bigger story of the scale of the scandal at Hillsborough.

But...

Dear God.

That's Kevin.

Definitely? Yeah, yeah, it's him.

Sorry... I...

Who are these people?

I was rather hoping you could tell me.

I haven't seen any of them before.

Where did you get this photo?

We've got a team of researchers on this, Anne.

We've been wanting to do something on Hillsborough for ages.

But...

for a programme like ours...

we need a focus.

And to be blunt with you,

if The Cook Report is going to do this, then...

..our focus is you.

Your search for the truth.

Now, these guys...

they pulled down advertising hoardings

and used them to carry the injured over to the first aid point.

If we can find them, get them to talk...

..then we've got a show.

MUSIC: 'This Charming Man' by The Smiths

WOMAN ON RADIO: 'A Merseyside mum is making a renewed appeal for help

'in tracking down football supporters

'who tried to help her injured son at Hillsborough.

'Anne Williams from Formby lost her son Kevin

'in the Hillsborough disaster.

'Anne, what can our listeners do to help?

'Um, yeah, well, it's a basic appeal

'to anyone and everyone who helped to carry'

the injured and the dying at Hillsborough on the day.

I'm trying to trace the men who tried to help my Kevin,

and there's going to be a photo in tomorrow's Echo

of them carrying him

'across the pitch.' I really do hope our listeners can hel...'

STATIC

Read 'Overload'.

I knew straight away when I seen your lad's photo in the Echo

that he was one of the lads we helped.

And what time was that, Steve, when you first saw Kev?

Half three, it wouldn't have been much later.

There were a few of us seeing he needed help.

And he was still alive?

Yeah.

All this thing about hooliganism...

..that's why the ambulances were stood off.

The ambulances were told to wait until the fighting died down.

You know what, Steve, I am sick and tired of hearing

from all and sundry that my son was a hooligan.

I know.

I always thought he'd made it.

Can...?

Can I a...?

I mean....

Why did you leave him if he was still alive?

Well, er...

That's why, really.

He was in good hands.

When we left him, I thought he'd get taken care of from there.

So we just went back, you know, to see who else we could help.

I'm sorry.

'Ey...

I'm no hero, Mrs Williams.

We just... We did what we could.

Your Kevin was alive when we left him

and I'm in no doubt about that whatsoever.

Steve, will you go on TV and say that?

Will you? When Roger Cook does his programme on Kevin?

Yeah. I will. And I'll tell him everything.

Thank you.

You're being very secretive!

I've been tracking down the BBC footage.

You what?

From the day.

Here y'are - grab one of these.

Christ!

What've you got in here?

Are these the tapes? Shh!

I mean, THE tapes?

Well, I copied them from the masters, so, yeah.

Well... How?

Where did you get them?

I have my ways and means.

Come on. I'm coming, bloody hell!

Mum... Shh-shh!

Corrie's on in a minute...

Well, go and watch it upstairs, love.

'Let Des come in from down there and say what he knows.

'We've got to have two views.

'If we can't get an interview, we've got to keep it going.'

Jesus bloody Christ, Sheila, look!

Wha...? There, look!

What?

God.

That's the ambulance Derek Bruder saw.

It is, isn't it?

And look there.

3:36.

Bruder was absolutely spot-on.

People doubted his evidence

because nobody believed that ambulance existed.

Well, this is proof. They'll have to listen to him now.

My Kev was still alive at 3:36.

Thanks again for seeing me, Dr Bennett.

Not at all, I'm very happy to help.

See, the thing is, I've, um...

Well, I've got this TV appearance coming up...

Oh, yes, The Cook Report.

It's a bit of a breakthrough, isn't it?

And you want to be sure of the basics?

See, the pathologist that did my son's postmortem...

Now, he says he died immediately, but...

I don't believe it. OK.

So my legal team,

well, they sent Kev's papers to this expert in London,

a Dr West, and well, he sent back this report,

but I'm...

Well, the thing is, I need you to help me to understand it!

Yes, of course.

You see...

what I really want to know is...

could my boy have survived?

Let me show you this.

This is the cricoid cartilage, which is the medical term

'for the Adam's Apple...'

Here she comes. Look at them. Thank you, darling.

Cheers, mate.

Hiya, Mum.

They could have saved him.

If the ambulances had got to our Kev, he could've been saved.

And what good is that doing you?

Hm? Find out things like that?

I need to know these things, Steve.

What, for The Cook Report? No!

For me!

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa...

Ah! Leave those things exactly where they are, please.

How come Kev could have been saved?

Mike,

Michael, love.

You sit there.

Right, now, look at our Michael's neck.

Can you see these ridges here?

Now, look - can you see how they stick up when you're swallowing?

Right? Those are his neck bones.

Do you see? Love?

Er...

Right now... Do we have to?

Sara asked.

Right.

Now, our Kev's neck bones,

they were broken in the crush.

And that's what caused the swelling.

Right? And that's what stopped the air getting to his brain...

Mum, can I finish me tea, please? Please, please...

Enough, now. Come on, love, OK?

Any trained paramedic with a knife or a pair of scissors...

..they could have made an incision...

..just here, right?

Then inserted a tube

that would've allowed air in

so he could breathe.

This biro would've done the job.

Now,

if you look here, under his Adam's Apple,

there's a membrane...

STEVE BANGS TABLE

I said...

..enough.

I was only explaining.

Oh, She! Sheila!

Hiya!

How are you feeling? I can't believe

we've actually done this.

No, it's surreal, isn't it?

Now, look, Sara, see that man there?

That's our MP, Malcolm Thornton.

Sir Malcolm? Hiya.

Excuse me.

May I? Do you know everybody?

Sheila.

Malcolm Thornton.

This is Sara, my daughter. Hello, Sara.

Hello - Steve Hart.

Are you ready for this?

I doubt I'll ever be ready, mate.

Take your seats, please... Come on.

..the screening is about to begin.

STEVE EXHALES Come on.

ANNE EXHALES Right...

Here we go. Give us your hand.

THEME MUSIC PLAYS

'Dear Mr Cook, my name is Anne Williams.

'I lost my 15-year-old son...'

'Anne Williams lost her son Kevin

'at the Hillsborough football disaster.'

THEME TUNE ENDS

'Kevin would have been 21 this week.

'Instead, he died at Britain's worst soccer disaster.

'The inquest held that Kevin was amongst those crushed to death

'that dreadful day.

'We traced the men who'd carried Kevin across the pitch

'on a makeshift stretcher.

'Steve Hart, on the right,

'was helped by off-duty fireman Tony O'Keefe,

'the man in the middle.

'After the stretcher-bearers put Kevin down,

'20 minutes after he was supposed to be dead,

'off-duty policeman Derek Bruder found a pulse

'and gave him the kiss of life.

'PC Bruder also claimed that an ambulance had passed

'at 3:37, when he was tending Kevin,

'but the evidential film shown at the inquest

'didn't include that ambulance.

'We found it and a member of its crew.'

'I remember

'seeing these people

'desperately trying to save their friends,

'and probably their relatives.

'Trying to get them back to life.

'They were desperately banging on the side of the ambulance,

'pointing to the people that they were looking after.'

SIRENS WAIL

'We'd been told that we mustn't stop.'

'So Kevin needn't have died?'

'It's possible that he could have been saved

'if he had been treated early enough.

'If given one of the two procedures

'which can be carried out in this situation,

'if one of them had been carried out, he could have been saved.'

'And until the parents and relatives of those people,

'until they're happy, people like myself...

'..we're never...

'We're never going to be able to put it to rest, are we?'

ANNE: That's right.

'Anne Williams won't give up.

'Even though the new evidence has come

'after the normal legal process has been exhausted.

'She now plans a personal appeal to the Attorney-General.'

THEME TUNE PLAYS

APPLAUSE

You were great.

Excuse me.

Annie?

Steve?

Mrs Williams...

Oh... Well done.

Thank you. Great programme.

Look, um...

I'd been thinking about this even before I saw the programme.

But now, we have to act.

I want to raise Kevin's case in the House.

Now, this is something that we do in very specific circumstances,

when it seems there's no other routes available.

Now, would this be something you might support, Mrs Williams?

Yeah, well, I-I... I think so.

What does it involve?

Well, it would be a Parliamentary debate.

Quite simply, I will make the case for a new inquest,

which would include all the new evidence,

in front of the House.

And the Attorney-General will have to attend.

How does that sound?

Well...

It sounds marvellous!

Thank you. Good.

Great. Um...

You know what, Laura?

I think a bit more off.

Are you sure?

I've got my boy in the Houses of Parliament today.

Don't want to let the side down now, do I?

What about...?

What, my birthmark?

That...

Sod it.

Let's do it, eh?

'Perhaps the concluding remark that I would make

'would be best served by quoting to you Anne Williams' own words.

' "He was just a little boy

' "that went to watch a football match

' "and never came home.

' "There is nothing that I can be told now

' "that will make the agony any worse.

' "I just want to know the truth." '

He's had a few!

You all right?

MUSIC BLARES

Shh!

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

LIVE MUSIC PLAYING Hello?

'Mum?' Hiya, love!

Guess what?

'What?'

The Attorney-General said he'd look at Kev's case again.

Really? 'Yeah!

'I mean, at all of it.

'Well,'

we're not gonna get our hopes up yet, but...

well, I might raise a glass or two tonight.

'I'm gonna make an extra strong Horlicks, then!'

MUSIC: 'Time Has Told Me' by Nick Drake

BAND PLAYS: 'The Irish Rover' Thanks, love, cheers.

So, what are we drinking to?

New inquests.

Nothing less.

New inquests!

Oh, good God.

Come on!

Disgusting!

LAUGHTER

The Irish Rover...

That are making me be

That are making me love

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