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parte Hicks H987) 1 WLR 1524. Similarly in the two cases where
there is no evidence of life after 3.04pm, the cases of Richard Jones
and Peter Tootle, their families are left with reason to suspect that
the deceased may have still been alive and capable of being saved
between the time of the crush and the time when they were certified
dead (at 4.00pm in the case of Richard Jones, and 3.54pm in the
case of Peter Tootle). The evidence relating to the four who showed
signs of life after 3.04pm and may have been alive after 3.15pm and
capable of being saved, will be briefly summarised below.
In respect of three cases of Paul Carlile, Ian Glover and Michael Kelly the
evidence (as fully set out in the families’ individual appended statements) can
be summarised as follows with regard to the question of survival:
(i) Paul Carlile
The evidence of Professor Usher was that Paul Carlile, who was not
in fact certified dead until 4.35pm, would have fallen unconscious
within ten to twenty seconds of sustaining his crush injuries and died
within minutes thereafter. This claim appears to conflict with the
statement of the off-duty nurse Michael Hollinghurst which was
shown to his mother, Sandra Stringer. In that statement, Mr.
Hollinghurst describes how he first became aware of Paul Carlile
when he felt him ‘climbing up his legs’. He was seen to be pulling