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I am a P o l i c e C o n s t a b l e in t h ^ S q u t h Y o r k s h i r e P o l i c e at present

s t a t i o n e d at B a r n s l e y P o 1 i > Nation.At 5 . 1 0 pm (1710) on S a t u r d a y

15th April 1989 (150489) I was on duty

at the S h e f f i e l d W e d n e s d a y football gro u n d w h e n I a t t e n d e d in the

I C_c o«L. ,gymnasium. As a result of a request from a n inspector I was placed

in charge of Body n o . 2.

The body was a fet^affe o f a b o u t ^ 2 0 years wearij>j a grey s w e a t s h i r t

wi t h a L i v erpool m o t i f t h e r e o n and w i t h jf*rtfs an d b l a c j s ^ o o t s . She

also had a green w a x ^ f a c k e t in her p o s s e s s i o n a long witty f l n g s and a

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t g o 6 -At a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2. (0210) on Sunjjay^l^th April 1989 (160489) I

was in the g y m n a s i u m at Hi 1 lsb o r o u g h whe n the bod y was idenj^trfied to

rne by S t e p h e n O A T E S a f r^ 4n d of the d e c e a s e d as that of I n g e r / SYAH W

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L o n d o n . I then a c c o m p a n i e d the body to the M e d i c o

Legal Ce n t r e in S h e f f i e l d w here I handed the body to M o r t u a r y staff

along w i t h all her p r o p e r t y .

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D a t e d 2 9 0 4 S 9 M E u s t i s P C 2 1 G 2 S i g n e d

u d s - d b z p • p d l ,On S a t u r d a y 15th A pril 1989, 1 c o m m e n c e d d uty at 9 . am at B a r n s l e y

P o l i c e Stat ion. I t r a v e l l e d to H i l l s b o r o u g h fo o tb al l g r o u n d in c o mp a n y

rJX'ilH /w i t h P ol i c e S e r g e a n t 1 3 4 > ^ C r a w f o rd and u po n a r r i v i n g at H i l l s b o r o u g h 1

/ v / 7 7 ^took up duty in serial 60 under the c o m m a j ^ K o f P o l i c e S e r g e a n t 2 0 1 9

T h o m p s o n E s 3. o n

At T-r a m ^ f t f o m m e n c e d foot patrol public o rd er d u ti es on Pfeni s to ne R o aduta.

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near to the dog racing track, I was on patrol in c om p an y w i t h P o l i c e

J C o n s t a b l e 68 2 LcAJe. At this time we did not have a o ,

‘------------------------------------- ^ k w e • ^being w i th Police S e r T h o m p s o n . After some 30 minu te s on

the only one

public order patrol it soon became a p p a r e n t t*fat man y N o t t i n g h a m

F or e st fans were a r r i v i n g early for the n^jTtch and were i nh ab i t i ng the

local public h o u s e s . T he y were jdri.nkii/ 3 h e av i l y and were c on gr e g a ti n g

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in large groups a l t h o u g h they were at this time very well

behaved.

As time went by the crowds b egan to get larger o b n q reqat i nq outside

|j the public houses and at a p p r o x i m a t e l y 12 m i d d a y there was a crowd of

1-----------------a p p r o x i m a t e l y 300 fans o utside the Royal Hotel - The public house

itself was full to o v e r f l o w i n g a nd all the ^crowds t hou gh boisterous,,

were well behaved. T hes e crowds were d ri n k i n g beer fay the crateful and

f s a ^ d rinki ng it on the pavement. The cray/d o u ts ide the Royal Hotel

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r em ai ne d well b eh av ed but as time passe/i a n d the more the crowd got

drunk, so the a t m o s p h e r e gat more aggi/lated. This c u lm in at i ng in a

bottle being t h ro wn at m ys e l f a nd otfier o f f i ce rs on the other side of

the road. S h o r t l y a f te r a m em be r o f/ staff from the Royal Hotel

a p p r o a c h e d us to say that there wa4 trouble in the premises.. P ol ic e

S e r g ea nt T h o m p s o n s u m m o n e d a s s i s t a n c e a nd the public house was cleared-------- f -----------------------------

and the crowd m o v e d on,. T h ey wei/e all very drunk but due to

numbers, it was i m p os si bl e to do a n y t h i n g a b o u t them g et ti ng to the

ground. As the rest of the fajis f iled past us on P e n i s t o n e R o a d

h eadin g towards the ground, it was obvious from their d e m e a n o u r a nd

b e h a v i o u r that m any of therr# had been d r i n k i n g and were drunk. I have

^ not w o r k e d at the P e n i s t o t p R o a d end of the g r o u n d b efore a nd can not

comment as to w h et h e r it A s usual that so m a n y -fans s h o u l d be dri nk i ng\ /or drunk before the m tj fi..

<^0 At 3 pm we began to make our way back to the g r o u n d in order to

commence Phase (2) duties, those being on s t a n d b y o u tside the g r o u n d .

However, w hi ls t w al k i n g back towa rd s the g ro un d as a serial, it became

fj- ^ a p p a r e n t via the radio that there we re probl erns in the g round at the

^ * L e p p i n g s Lane end. We b eg an to make all haste back to the g ro u n d on

_vj the way being picked up by a P ol ic e iransit Van a nd d ro p p e d at the

ground. We e n t e r e d the g r o u n d and were p laced on s t a n d b y at the Kop

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end of the g r o u n d u n d e r n e a t h the N o r t h S t a n d a l o n g w i t h several other

serials™

A f t e r some five m i n u t e s on s t a n d b y at this location, d ur in g w h i c h time

it was b ec om ing o b v i o u s us that there was a m aj or disaster-

o c c u r r i n g at the L e p pj/n g s L ane end, we were all then t a k e n onto the

f ield a nd p laced ij/ a line in a public order c a p a c it y a l o n g the front

of the No r t h \Stajjm. U p o n e n te r i n g the f ield I saw h u n d r e d s of

L i v e r p o ol f a n V ^ o n the f ie ld a n d m an y fans laying on the f i e ld

o b v i o u s l y injured. We w e re kept in the line in front of the n orth

s ta nd for some ten m in utes. It was a p p a r e n t d ur in g this time that the

L i v e r p o o l fans in the N o r t h S t a n d w ere very a n g r y and were v en ti n gi

their a nger on o u r s e l v e s on the pitch. The a b us e and phys ic al s ig n a l s

from persons in the s t a nd was on a very large scale a n d I have no

doubt that had we not been in the l o c a t i o n th^t a nger w o u l d have been

v e n t e d on the N o t t i n g h a m F o r e s t fans. S e v e j?a 1 J a n s were le a vi ng the

N o r t h S t a n d a nd r ip pi ng up a d v e r t i s i n g h o a r d i n g s a nd t ak i ng t h em to

the L e p p i n g s Lane end a n d c arry in g ^ n U j r e d p er sons away. A f te r some

ten m i n u t e s at the front of the N o r t h StamJ'V m y s e l f a nd P o li c e

C o n s t a b l e 682 Lowe w ere i n s t r u c t e d a l o m j w i t h two other o f f i c e r s to

s ta n d b y at gate 6 (six) of the N o r t h / p e n in an effort to prev en t even

' \ T / ~more persons from e n t e ri ng onto the f ie l d t han there was at present.

The N o r t h a nd N o r t h West P e n of the L e p p i n g s L ane end at this time

were f a ir ly empty. Most of the people being on the field. The fans who

were on the f ield were m o s t l y w a l k i n g a r o u n d in a daze but it became

very a p p a r e n t that the vast m a j o r i t y of them had been d ri n ki ng

heavily. T he y w er e v enting there a ng er upon the P ol i c e a nd w h il st

s to od at this gate to the N o r t h Pen, we were a p p r o a c h e d by a m e m b e r of

the press who w a s /^ijlng k i c k e d and spit at by d r u n k e n L i v e r p o o l f a n s.

He a p p r o a c h e d us for prot ection. He had been t akin g p h o t o g r a p hs of the

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i nc i de nt w h i c h had c a us e d the L i v e r p o o l fans to a t t a c k him in anger.

His camera e q u i p m e n t w h i c h he had w i t h h im was being k i c k e d a n d spat

at by the fans. In an e ffort to protect him we t r i e d to k eep the

L i v e r p o o l fans a w a y but t hey were so intent to get at him. The a b u se

coming from persons still left in the N o r t h a nd N o r t h W e s t P e n s as

well as from on the field. W hi ls t t here coins b e ga n to rain d o w n on us

from the t e r r ac e s at the press m an a n d o ur s e l v e s . The only w a y we

could protect him was to get him out a nd for his own safety, he took

off his press j ac ke t a n d put all his e q u i p m e n t away. T h re e of us who

were on the gate then f o r m e d a circle or s or ts a r o u n d him and

a t t e m p t e d to run t h r o u g h the L i v e r p o o l fans on the f i e ld and to

safety. As we made our w a y t h r o u g h the crowd the photog raphe r s c amera

e qu i p m e n t a n d bags w ere k i c k e d all over the pitch, we were spat on by

fans who were o b v i o u s l y drunk a nd angry. We e v e n t u a l l y m a n a g e d to get

him to s a fe ty at the N o t t i n g h a m F or e st end. I then went back to the

rpntrp nf the f i el d a n d a ^ C i s t e d w it h the public o rder c ordo n a c r o s s ______ L--------------- — X--- — ------- ~ "

the field.

The m os t st r ik in g thing a bo ut being on the f i e ld w i t h the L i v e r p o o l

fans was how ma ny had b ee n d r i n ki ng an d some very heavily . It was

o ft en di ff ic ul t to u n d e r s t a n d them w he n t he y a s k e d for i n f o r m a t i o n

r egardi ng relatives etc. By this time as t hi ng s b egan to q u i e t e n down

on the f iel d and the d e c i s i o n was t a ke n to a b a n d o n the game, I was

di r e cted along w i t h the rest of the public order line to g ^ - ffTfTTs i de

the .around and assisj^'with persons leaving the game. This a p p e a r e d to ^ -----------------------------------

go s m o o t h l y w it h a v ery s u b d u e d a t m o s p h e r e a m o n g s t all the N o t t i n g h a m

Fo r e s t fans. I had n o t h i n g to do w i t h the s u p e r v i s i n g of the L iv e r p o o l

fans m o v i n g from the ground.

U po n r e- en te ri ng the g r o u n d I was d i r e c t e d to the mo^rj^fary by an

I n spect or w here I was put in charge of one^ffl^ the bodies. J~he, body was

2/$|q (2 ) f later i d e n t i f i e d to me at g . I Q a m as that of INGA S H A H S I D E S of

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L o nd on , 3 4 y ea rs of age- I t'rysfri took the body in a

S Y M A S v ehicl e to the M e d i c o Legal C e n t r e / w h e r e the body was b o o k e d

in. The foody was d e s c r i b e d as f emale yg4 years, s h o u l d e r l e ng t h b l on de

q| • hair of s lim b uild a n d was wear i ny a g reen wax j acket a nd g re y .jumper

and j e a n s . She was w e a r i n g boots. I p l a y e d no part in the

emoval of this body f ro m the L e p p i n g s La ne end of the g r o u n d a n d am

u n able to say w h i c h pen she came from.

I f i n i s h e d d ut y at 4 . 0 0 a m on S u n d a y 16th April 1989.

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