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Hillsborough mum describes hugging her daughters' bodies

A mother who lost two daughters in the Hillsborough tragedy said that she "hugged" the bodies of her teenage daughters when she saw them lying dead side-by-side, an inquest has heard.

Sarah Hicks, 19, and her younger sister Victoria, 15, had been standing in the central pens behind the goal on the Leppings Lane terrace and died after being separated from their father, Trevor. Their mother Jenni was at the match but was sitting at a different part of the ground.

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Hillsborough dad: Memories 'always come back and invade'

A father who lost his two daughters on the pitch at Hillsborough has spoken to the media after giving moving testimony at the inquests into the disaster.

After trying to resuscitate them both, Trevor Hicks was forced to leave his eldest daughter, Sarah, as he took his youngest, Vicki, to the only ambulance. By the time he picked up Sarah, there was no room.

Today he told jurors of his efforts to save his daughters, after which he told reporters outside: "Sometimes when you wake up on a morning or when you're trying to get to sleep at night, it always comes back and invades."

ITV News North of England Correspondent Damon Green reports.

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