Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shugaban 'yan sanda a hatsarin Hillsborough ya ce 'ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da na yi nadama a rayuwata' bai yi tunanin sakamakon barin dubban magoya baya zuwa ƙasa ba bayan ya ba da umarnin buɗe ƙofofin fita. Tsohon babban jami'in David Duckenfield ya kuma kara da cewa kuskurensa ne kuma yana neman afuwa sosai game da abubuwan da suka faru. Kwamandan wasan a wasan ya amince da bukatar bude kofofin don hana murkushewa a cikin turnicles a waje da ƙasa, binciken a Warrington ya ji. Tsohon shugaban hukumar David Duckenfield ya ce Hillsborough na daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ya yi nadama a rayuwarsa. Amma bayan an bude Gate C a kan umarninsa a minti takwas kafin farawa, kimanin magoya baya 2,000 sun shiga, suna tafiya kai tsaye zuwa ga ramin da ke kaiwa kai tsaye zuwa ga al'amuran da suka riga sun cika da uku da hudu, a bayan burin. An gaya wa alƙalai cewa karin magoya baya 800 sun shiga cikin gida uku kawai bayan an buɗe ƙofar. Magoya bayan Liverpool 96 sun mutu bayan da aka yi biris da su a farfajiyar Leppings Lane na filin Hillsborough na Sheffield yayin da aka fara wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin FA da Nottingham Forest a ranar 15 ga Afrilu 1989. Mista Duckenfield ya ce yanzu ya fahimci 'a baya' hanyar da'mafi dacewa' magoya baya za su bi da zarar an bude Gate C shine ya sauka a cikin ramin da ke fuskantar su kuma ya shiga cikin tsakiya. Christina Lambert QC, mai ba da shawara ga binciken, ya ce: 'Kuna cewa a baya kun gane cewa inda yawancin magoya baya za su iya zuwa. Shin kuna tunanin a matsayin kwamandan wasa sakamakon shawarar da kuka yanke, kuma musamman tunanin inda magoya baya za su iya zuwa, wani abu ne da ya kamata ku yi la'akari da shi? ' Mista Duckenfield ya amsa: 'Ma'am, ina tsammanin yana da kyau a ce wannan yana iya kasancewa daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da na yi nadama a rayuwata, cewa ban hango inda magoya baya za su tafi ba lokacin da suka shiga ta ƙofofin.' Mista Duckenfield, wanda ya yarda cewa yana da 'iyakantaccen' ƙwarewar aikin 'yan sanda a wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa idan aka kwatanta da sauran manyan jami'ai, ya kara da cewa: 'Idan da na kasance cikakkiyar ƙwarewa, ƙwarewa, masaniyar wasa...
David Duckenfield shi ne kwamandan wasan na wasan kusa da karshe na gasar cin kofin FA a shekarar 1989. An bude kofar a Hillsborough a kan umarninsa kuma magoya baya 2,000 suka shiga. Magoya bayan Liverpool 96 sun mutu bayan an matsa su a kusa da shingen filin. Duckenfield ya ce bala'in na daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ya yi nadama a rayuwarsa.