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make to their original evidence. And clearly the edited version of their
evidence actually presented was, at the very least, not a complete picture of
their eye-witness accounts.
Mini-inquests concerning Richard Jones and Peter Tootle
The mini-inquests into the deaths of Peter Tootle and Richard Jones revealed
no positive evidence of signs of life after they suffered from the crush injuries
which resulted in their deaths. The only evidence in respect of these two
after they suffered their injuries was as follows:
(i) Richard Jones
Richard Jones, who was found to have died of traumatic asphyxia
has been identified standing in enclosure 3 at 2.50pm. The only
evidence of what happened to him after this time came from Police
Sergeant Killoch who disclosed in his summary that sometime later
Police Constable Paul Bromley joined a group of supporters who
were carrying Richard Jones across the pitch to the north stand on
a makeshift stretcher. Once there, the constable attempted to
resuscitate him but was unsuccessful. He then assisted in carrying
Richard Jones into the temporary mortuary where at 4pm he was
certified dead. The very lack of evidence has made his family
concerned that his life might have been saved had there been