article_snippet: Former police chief has already made a series of admissions about 'mistakes' Former police chief made, confessed that Former police chief lied in aftermath of disaster and apologised 'unreservedly' to fans' families.
article_snippet: The inquests have heard that Former police chief told the 1989 Taylor Inquiry into the disaster that Former police chief had made the right decisions on the day but Former police chief now accepted that Former police chief had made errors - some of which were 'grave'.
article_snippet: Former police chief has told the jury that Former police chief serious failings were due to Former police chief lack of experience and that others also played others part in the cause of the deaths.
article_snippet: John Beggs QC, representing Former police chief, outlined what Former police chief said were the three failures of Former police chief client that would exercise the jury.
article_snippet: Former police chief agreed with Mr Beggs that it was Former police chief belief Former police chief had declared a major incident but accepted there was no record of such a direction.
article_snippet: Former police chief agreed that Former police chief 'buried Former police chief head in the sand' following the tragedy.
article_snippet: Former police chief told the jury: 'I felt destroyed.
article_snippet: Former police chief agreed with Former police chief barrister that it was only in recent times that Former police chief had been able to come to terms with Former police chief mistakes and make the admissions Former police chief made to the jury last week.
article_snippet: the jury heard Former police chief had not revealed Former police chief mistakes to officers from Operation Resolve - the ongoing criminal investigation into the disaster - when Former police chief was interviewed last March under criminal caution in relation to 'serious criminal offences'.
article_snippet: Former police chief asked: 'Rightly or wrongly, did you feel that was a good time to be making the admissions and the apologies that you have made over the last week?'
article_snippet: Former police chief told his barrister that in the lead up to the Taylor Inquiry no senior officer had told no senior officer no senior officer should accept at least some responsibility for the deaths, and that no senior officer had even gone on to command two matches at Hillsborough after the disaster.
article_snippet: the jury was told by Former police chief that South Yorkshire Police was not accepting any responsible for the disaster at the time the Taylor Inquiry began.
article_snippet: Former police chief told the inquests that Former police chief client did in fact apologise at Taylor for giving misleading remarks about the opening of the gates and that fans were to blame for causing disorder.
article_snippet: The barrister reminded the jury that Former police chief had told the Taylor InquiryTaylor : 'My deepest sympathy goes out to Supporters.
article_snippet: Former police chief continued: 'You understand why the delay in providing a more gracious and more full apology has caused to many both offence and distress?'
article_snippet: Former police chief replied: 'I fully understand, Sir.'
article_snippet: Former police chief will return to give evidence tomorrow.
highlights_snippet: Former police chief told 1989 Taylor Inquiry into disaster Former police chief made right decisions on day .
  
highlights_snippet: Has since confessed Former police chief made 'mistakes' and lied in aftermath of disaster .