Ka taƙaita labarin:  Shaida: Dan sanda David Duckenfield a yau ya yarda cewa bai cancanci kula da wasan kusa da karshe na gasar cin kofin FA ba a watan Afrilun 1989 wanda ya ƙare cikin bala 'i. Babban jami'in 'yan sandan da ke aiki a lokacin bala'in Hillsborough a yau ya nemi gafara kuma ya yarda cewa shi ba "mafi kyawun mutum" ba ne don aikin, ya kara da cewa yana "koyon aiki". Tsohon babban jami'in David Duckenfield, kwamandan wasan, ba shi da ƙwarewar aikin 'yan sanda a wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma bai taɓa yin aiki ba a lokacin wasa a da. Da yake bayar da shaida a binciken mutuwar magoya bayan Liverpool 96 a yau, ya ce'mummunan kuskure ne' rashin tuntuɓar magajinsa game da ƙalubalen da wasan zai haifar, kuma ya nemi afuwa game da 'gazawa' a cikin 'yan sanda na wasan. An murkushe magoya bayan ne jim kadan bayan fara wasan kusa da na karshe tsakanin Liverpool da Nottingham Forest a Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough a ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1989. Mista Duckenfield, wanda yanzu ya kai shekara 70, shi ne babban jami'in da aka ba wa mukamin shugaban sashen 'yan sanda na yankin makonni biyu kafin wasan. Ya ba da umarnin a buɗe ƙofofin zuwa ƙasa a cikin mintuna kafin murkushewa, yana ba da damar magoya baya 2,000 su ambaliya cikin ƙasa, kuma daga baya ya yi da'awar cewa an tilasta ƙofar buɗewa. Da yake jawabi a wurin binciken a Warrington, Cheshire a yau, an tambayi Mista Duckenfield ko yana da wata damuwa game da ikonsa na yin aikin yadda ya kamata saboda rashin kwarewarsa. Tsohon jami'in ya amsa: 'Abin da zan ce shi ne, bayan wani lokaci, zan ce, na tsufa, da fatan na fi hikima - wataƙila ba ni ne mutumin da ya fi dacewa da aikin ba a ranar.' Mista Duckenfield ya ce ba shi da wani kwarewar da ya gabata na aikin 'yan sanda a Hillsborough kafin wasan kuma iliminsa game da filin wasa ya kasance' gaba ɗaya. ' Da aka tambaye shi daga baya yadda ya saba da filin, Mista Duckenfield ya ce: 'Da baya zan iya kusan cewa, da sanin abubuwan da suka faru a ranar, ya kamata in yi amfani da mafi yawan lokacin da nake sabon kwamandan a can. 'Na yi a cikin hasken da bayanai samuwa abin da...
David Duckenfield ya sami ci gaba makonni biyu kafin wasan a watan Afrilun 1989. Ba shi da ƙwarewa wajen kula da manyan wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa, binciken ya ji. Ya yarda cewa ya kamata ya yi kokari sosai don samun shawara kan yadda za a magance wasan. Ya nemi gafara 'idan akwai gazawa' a cikin 'yan sanda na wasan Hillsborough. Duckenfield, mai shekaru 70, ya ba da umarnin a bude kofofin filin a takaice kafin a murkushe magoya bayan Liverpool 96 a lokacin wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar cin kofin FA.