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Olivia Williams & Abigail Nicholson & Thomas George

Dad's fury after teacher 'told pupils to re-enact Hillsborough disaster' in drama class

A dad has spoken of his 'shock and fury' after his daughter claimed she was told to re-enact the Hillsborough disaster in a drama lesson.

The 12-year-old, a pupil at St John Fisher Catholic High School in Wigan, said her class had acted out the crush which claimed the lives of 97 unlawfully killed Liverpool supporters.

After returning home from school on February 2, she told her dad some pupils were told to shout "don't crush me" while others pretended to be dead, the Liverpool ECHO reports.

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