Ka taƙaita labarin:  David Duckenfield ya ce bai taba samun damar neman gafara ba a kan bala'in Hillsborough. Shugaban 'yan sandan da ke aiki a lokacin bala'in Hillsborough a yau ya ce bai taba neman afuwa ba saboda ya yi wa jami'ai karya saboda 'bai taba samun damar' yin hakan ba. David Duckenfield ya gaya wa binciken game da mutuwar magoya bayan Liverpool 96 a lokacin wasan kusa da na karshe a gasar cin kofin FA a watan Afrilu 1989 cewa bai yi magana ba saboda yana damuwa da cewa ba a ba da labari ba. Tsohon jami'in ya kuma yarda cewa yana'mai yiwuwa a cikin musun' a kan maganganunsa na yaudara cewa magoya baya sun bude kofar da karfi, wanda ya haifar da mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummunar mummuna. Ya gaya wa juriya cewa shi Freemason ne a lokacin da hatsarin ya faru, amma ya ce yana fatan hakan ba wani abu ba ne a cikin ci gabansa zuwa matsayin babban mai kula da shi. Kuma ya musanta shiga cikin 'rufewa' wanda aka tsara don karkatar da laifi daga 'yan sanda ta hanyar danganta bala'in ga mummunan halayyar magoya bayan Liverpool. A jiya, Mista Duckenfield ya ce ya 'nemi afuwa ba tare da jinkiri ba' ga iyalan wadanda aka kashe a farkon minti na wasan tsakanin Liverpool da Nottingham Forest. Jim kaɗan kafin a fara wasan, jami'in - wanda bai taɓa kula da babban wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ba - ya ba da umarnin a buɗe ƙofa don rage yawan jama'a a waje da filin, amma wannan ya ba magoya baya damar shiga cikin ɗakunan da aka riga aka cika. Lokacin da magoya baya suka fara mutuwa, Mista Duckenfield ya gaya wa jami'an Hukumar Kwallon kafa cewa 'wasu magoya baya sun shiga ta ƙofar', wanda yanzu ya yarda cewa 'ƙarya ce mai ban tsoro'. Rajiv Menon QC, lauyan iyalan wadanda abin ya shafa, ya tambaye shi dalilin da ya sa ya dauki shekaru 26 kafin ya 'fito fili' kan 'kuskuren da ya yi'. Mista Duckenfield, mai shekaru 70, ya amsa: 'Wataƙila na kasance a cikin musun kuma ban taɓa samun wuri ko damar da zan iya saduwa da wani ba kuma in yi magana da su da gaskiya kuma a bayyane kuma in tabbatar da cewa za a ba da rahoto game da tunanina da yadda nake ji. 'A jiya wannan kotu ta ba ni damar zama a nan kuma in nemi gafara a karon farko ba tare da...
David Duckenfield a jiya ya nemi gafara don yin karya game da magoya baya da suka tilasta shiga filin wasa a lokacin wasan kusa da karshe na gasar cin kofin FA. Ya ce bai taɓa samun'wuri ko zarafi'na neman gafara ba. Ya bayyana cewa danginsa sun gaya masa cewa ya 'yi karya ta hanyar yin watsi' game da abin da ya faru. Ya yarda cewa shi dan Freemason ne amma ya ce ba dalilin da ya sa aka daukaka shi ba. Ya musanta'rufin asiri'da aka tsara don zargi magoya bayan Liverpool da bala'in.