The dad of a Newcastle United fan who died when the plane he was travelling on was shot down over eastern Ukraine said he was expecting the 'unlawful killing' inquest conclusion - but he still wants to know why it happened.
Barry Sweeney's son Liam, 28, was travelling to New Zealand with fellow supporter John Alder, 63, to watch the Magpies in a pre-season friendly. The pair were killed alongside 296 others who were on board flight MH17 when it was attacked while travelling from Amsterdam to Malaysia on July 17, 2014.
An inquest into the deaths of five of the British victims, including Liam and John, was held at the City Hall in Leicester on Friday. Professor Catherine Mason, Senior Coroner for Leicester, said she was satisfied that MH17 was shot down by a Buk missile fired by pro-Russian separatists.
