Fresh legal bid takes Hillborough fight to London Nov 17 2005

Liverpool Echo

A HILLSBOROUGH campaigner is to launch a new legal bid to get justice for her son.

Anne Williams, the chairperson of the Hillsborough Justice campaign whose 15-year-old son Kevin was killed in the disaster, will present a dossier to the Attorney General's office arguing for his inquest to be re-opened.

Mrs Williams, from Formby, disputes an original inquest ruling that all those who lost their lives at the Hillsborough Stadium on April 14, 1989, would have been dead by 3.15pm after suffering " traumatic asphyxia".

She says she has evidence which proves that Kevin was still alive at 4pm, by which time he and other victims had been moved from Leppings Lane to the Hillsborough gymnasium.

At the heart of this issue is the belief, long held by the Hillsborough families, that the Major Incident Plan was never initiated by South Yorkshire police and Liverpool supporters were denied emergency medical attention.

Mrs Williams, who has two other children, also disputes the cause of death given by the coroner.

She said: "I have spent two years working on this new case.

"I know there was a cover-up and I know that my son and many others could have been saved."

Included in the dossier are statements from the woman police officer who cradled Kevin as he died.

There is also a testimony from doctors who dispute the cause of death.

Before the presentation on Monday, a church service for Hillsborough victims will take place at St George's cathedral, Southwark, London, at midday

The service will be led by Liverpool bishop Tom Williams and is expected to attract hundreds of London-based supporters.

Coaches are being provided for people wishing to travel from Merseyside.

Mrs Williams said: "It's a healing mass and it's very important because our fight for justice is still very much ongoing."