article_snippet: Former police chief reminded Former police chief of Former police chief earlier evidence to Christina Lambert QC, counsel for the inquest, about Former police chief state of mind after the opening of Gate C when Former police chief told Christina Lambert QC: 'It was a momentous decision and your decision is such that you do not think of the next step.
article_snippet: Asked again if Former police chief had 'froze', Former police chief said: 'It appears to be a distinct possibility.'
article_snippet: Former police chief said: 'You know what was in your mind and I will ask just one last time.
article_snippet: Former police chief replied: 'I did not think of it on the day, sir, because of the pressure I was under.'
article_snippet: Former police chief said Former police chief did not want to go into detail about Former police chief 'personal circumstances' - Former police chief has previously said Former police chief suffered post-traumatic stress - but Former police chief may have been 'confused' when giving evidence in 1989.
article_snippet: Asked whether Former police chief had found it easy to admit Former police chief 'professional failings which led to the deaths of 96 innocent men, women and children', Former police chief said: 'It has been the most difficult period of my life.'
article_snippet: Former police chief replied: 'I didn't think it was the right time, Sir.'
article_snippet: Former police chief said: 'To what extent did Former police chiefFormer police chief, as it were, go along with that corporate line from on high?'
article_snippet: Former police chief asked his client: 'Did that reflect that you were unable to then properly put into words how you were feeling?' '
article_snippet: Former police chief said Former police chief had been in a state of denial and had been drinking heavily ahead of Taylor.
article_snippet: Following Lord Justice TaylorTaylor's interim findings on the tragedy in early August, Former police chief was suspended from duty on August 4, 1989.
article_snippet: Former police chief was later medically retired on November 10, 1991.
highlights_snippet: Former police chief admitted Former police chief froze before Former police chief ordered gate to be opened .
  