THE parents of Hillsborough disaster victim Tony Bland, from Keighley, say they will now get on with their lives and let prosecutors decide the fate of bungling police chiefs.

Allan and Barbara Bland were in court yesterday when an inquest jury concluded that the 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough in 1989 were unlawfully killed due to police blunders.

Two criminal investigations into the disaster and its aftermath are expected to be concluded by the end of the year. The Crown Prosecution Service will then decide whether charges of gross negligence manslaughter or misconduct in a public office should be brought against South Yorkshire Police or senior officers.

Tony Bland was 18 when he suffered severe brain damage in the crush. He was 22 when he died in hospital after a groundbreaking Law Lords ruling, allowing his feeding tube to be removed so he could die with dignity.

Back home in Keighley, Allan Bland, 80, said it had been very emotional in court.

"The verdicts were absolutely brilliant. I am so pleased for the other families, and for ourselves," he said.

"It has been a long haul but we have got there in the end and feel justice has been achieved.

"The last two years have been difficult. It has dominated our lives and brought everything back. Tony is often in our thoughts.

"What happened was a disaster and we have never accepted it was an accident. But the inquiries are out of our hands now. I am leaving it to the CPS and whatever it decides we will go with.

"We can just watch and try to get on with our lives, which is easier said than done. We are not young anymore, but we are just getting on with it."