By Jaya Narain Jurors have been warned an inquest into the tragic deaths of 96 football fans at Hillsborough in 1989 could take up to a year. The families of the fans killed in Britain's worst ever sporting disaster were yesterday bracing themselves for a long and emotional hearing. Relatives pressed for fresh inquests after controversial verdicts of accidental death were recorded following the original inquests 23 years ago. Liverpool fans are pulled to safety from the crush at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield that killed 96. Jurors have been warned an inquest into the tragic deaths could take up to a year
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Victims' families braced for a long and emotional hearing
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Controversial verdicts of accidental death recorded after original inquests
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But those verdicts were eventually quashed in 2012
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The crush at Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 left 96 Liverpool fans dead
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