️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion. David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion. David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion outside the Leppings Lane turnstile. David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion outside the Leppings Lane turnstile. David Duckenfield, 70, admitted he 'froze' during the 1989 football disaster before he ordered the opening of an exit gate to relieve congestion outside the Leppings Lane turnstile. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Mr Duckenfield was responding to questions from Paul Greaney QC, representing the Police Federation, during his sixth day of evidence at the new Hillsborough inquests in Warrington, Cheshire.<unk> Mr Duckenfield was responding to questions from Paul Greaney QC, representing the Police Federation, during his sixth day of evidence at the new Hillsborough inquests in Warrington, Cheshire. Mr Greaney reminded Mr Duckenfield of his earlier evidence to Christina Lambert QC, counsel for the inquiry, about his state of mind after the opening of Gate C when he told her: 'It was a momentous decision and your decision is such that you don't think of the next step. It was a momentous decision and your decision is such that you don't think of the next step. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Mr Greaney said: 'You know what was in your mind and I will ask just one last time. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ "Yes sir", said Mr Duckenfield. Mr Greaney went on: "Do you agree with the following, that people died in a crush in the central pens?" Mr Duckenfield said: 'Yes sir.' Mr Greaney said: 'That if they had not been allowed to flow down the tunnel into those central pens that would not have occurred?' ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Mr Duckenfield said again: 'Yes sir.' Mr Greaney went on: 'That failure was the direct cause of the deaths of 96 persons in the Hillsborough tragedy.' Mr Duckenfield said: 'Yes sir.' <unk> <unk>
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