Juror discharged from Hillsborough jury

One of the jurors at the Hillsborough inquests has been discharged '“ on the first full day of deliberations.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2016, 11:36 BST
File photo dated 15/04/1989 of overcrowding at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough. The jury in the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the Hillsborough disaster has retired to consider its verdicts, more than two years since the hearings began. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 6, 2016. The seven women and three men of the jury retired to consider 14 key questions set out by the Coroner Sir John Goldring, in a 33 page questionnaire, including determining if match commander David Duckenfield is responsible for the unlawful killing of the fans by gross negligence manslaughter. See PA story INQUEST Hillsborough. Photo credit should read: David Giles/PA WireFile photo dated 15/04/1989 of overcrowding at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough. The jury in the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the Hillsborough disaster has retired to consider its verdicts, more than two years since the hearings began. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 6, 2016. The seven women and three men of the jury retired to consider 14 key questions set out by the Coroner Sir John Goldring, in a 33 page questionnaire, including determining if match commander David Duckenfield is responsible for the unlawful killing of the fans by gross negligence manslaughter. See PA story INQUEST Hillsborough. Photo credit should read: David Giles/PA Wire
File photo dated 15/04/1989 of overcrowding at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough. The jury in the inquests into the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the Hillsborough disaster has retired to consider its verdicts, more than two years since the hearings began. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday April 6, 2016. The seven women and three men of the jury retired to consider 14 key questions set out by the Coroner Sir John Goldring, in a 33 page questionnaire, including determining if match commander David Duckenfield is responsible for the unlawful killing of the fans by gross negligence manslaughter. See PA story INQUEST Hillsborough. Photo credit should read: David Giles/PA Wire

The jury of seven women and three men were sent out at 2.05pm yesterday after sitting through 293 days of evidence.

But, this morning, one of the women jurors has reportedly been discharged on medical grounds.

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Deliberations into the disaster on April 15, 1989, will continue with six women and three men.

The inquests at Birchwood Park, Warrington, started on March 31, 2014, and were originally set to last six to nine months.