Hillsborough disaster: Kingswinford businessman believed wife blamed him for daughters' deaths
A former Kingswinford businessman whose teenage daughters were unlawfully killed in the Hillsborough disaster always thought his former wife blamed him for not looking after them properly.
Trevor and Jenni Hicks returned to Sheffield Wednesday's ground together for the first time 25 years after the 1989 tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans died.
Their visit to the stadium - which features in a BBC Radio Merseyside documentary - can now be broadcast, following the conclusion of the two-year-long inquests.
Standing with Jenni near the spot where their daughters Sarah and Vicki lay on the turf, Trevor said: "One of our difficulties was, I always thought Jenni blamed me for not looking after them properly."
Jenni replied: "Strangely enough I never did. People automatically think that for some reason but I've never, ever - hand on heart. It's never even entered my head to have blamed you. I never, ever have and still don't."
During the programme, Trevor and Jenni retrace the steps they took on April 15 1989.
Jenni said: "The last time we were at that ground together was obviously the day of the Hillsborough disaster.
"Strangely enough as a couple we never talked about our own experiences because our group (Hillsborough Family Support Group) was formed very, very quickly and I guess we were into the 96, and it's not deemed appropriate just to talk about your own experiences.
"Then we split up a couple of years later. Sadly, our marriage broke down because of all the stresses and strains of it. So you never really had the opportunity to talk about it in such great detail and that's what going back together did.
"To have Trevor take me around and show me approximately where he was standing on the day, his movements, where the girls were, it really completed a picture for me.
"There was this strong need from Trevor to show me. We moved around a lot. Once he started he had this huge need. I could see it must have been cathartic for him as well."
Sarah, 19, and Vicki, 15, were crushed in the Leppings Lane end at the Hillsborough ground. They had arrived with both parents but the family split up before the start of the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
Jenni had a ticket for a seat in the North stand, while Trevor and the girls had tickets for the standing area.
Hillsborough: Trevor & Jenni's Journey will be broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside on Tuesday at 7pm.
