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Hillsborough inquests: David Duckenfield due to give evidence Hillsborough inquests: David Duckenfield 'not best man for the job'
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The officer in charge of policing at the Hillsborough disaster has arrived to give evidence at the inquests. The match commander at Hillsborough "was probably not the best man for the job on the day", a jury has heard.
Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield was match commander when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally crushed at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium in April 1989. Former Ch Supt David Duckenfield was in charge when 96 Liverpool fans were fatally crushed at Sheffield Wednesday's stadium on 15 April 1989.
It will be his first appearance at the new inquests into the tragedy. The new inquests also heard he had "no recent experience" of policing at the stadium before the disaster.
Previously the jury heard that about 2,000 fans entered through an exit gate at the Leppings Lane end after Mr Duckenfield gave the order to open it. This is the first time Mr Duckenfield, 70, has given evidence at the new inquests.
Many of them went down a tunnel leading to enclosures on the terraces behind the goal, where the fatal crushing took place, the inquests have heard. They were ordered after the previous accidental death verdicts were overturned in 2012.
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The fresh hearings were ordered after the previous accidental death verdicts were overturned in 2012. When the disaster happened, Mr Duckenfield had one season's experience of Hillsborough as a chief inspector, the inquests heard.
A series of "mini-inquests" and a larger generic hearing were then held between 1990 and 1991. In hindsight, he said it was a "serious mistake to accept the role" of match commander
But their accidental death verdicts on all 96 fans, which stood for more than 20 years, were quashed by the High Court at the request of the then attorney general Dominic Grieve QC. Previously, the jury heard that about 2,000 fans entered through an exit gate at the Leppings Lane end after Mr Duckenfield gave the order to open it.
It followed the 2012 release of the Hillsborough Independent Panel report, for which about 450,000 pieces of evidence were scrutinised. Many of them ended up in the central terrace pens at the Leppings Lane end of the stadium where the disaster unfolded.
Since the current inquests began on 31 March, about 200 witnesses - including former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish - have given evidence. Questioned by counsel for the inquests Christina Lambert QC, Mr Duckenfield agreed his experience of planning and policing football matches was "very limited."
The jury has heard testimony about the fans' deaths, stadium safety, crowd management and the response of the emergency services. The hearing, being held in Warrington, Cheshire continues.
The hearings are taking place in Warrington, Cheshire, where the Ministry of Justice has built the biggest courtroom in England and Wales specifically for the inquests.
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