article_snippet: David Duckenfield has admitted that his failure to close a tunnel was a direct cause of the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans at the Hillsborough disaster .
article_snippet: During the inquest into the deaths today, David Duckenfield also admitted that David Duckenfieldfroze' on the day in question, while Paul Greaney QC suggested that a child of 'average intelligence' could have realised the consequences of opening a gate to relieve congestion.
article_snippet: David Duckenfield said: 'That failure was the direct cause of the deaths of 96 persons in the tragedy.'
article_snippet: David Duckenfield had claimed David Duckenfield was unaware of the geography of Sheffield Wednesday's ground, this being David Duckenfield first match in charge, and denied that David Duckenfieldbottled it'.
article_snippet: David Duckenfield asked: 'Is the explanation of your failures David Duckenfield not that you were ignorant of the geography for example but rather that you knew the geography, you knew what the consequences might be of people entering the crowd but you simply froze?'
article_snippet: The inquests have heard that David Duckenfield told the 1989 Taylor Inquiry into the disaster that David Duckenfield had made the right decisions on the day but David Duckenfield now accepted that David Duckenfield had made errors - some of which were 'grave'.
article_snippet: David Duckenfield has told the jury that David Duckenfield serious failings were due to David Duckenfield lack of experience and that others also played others part in the cause of the deaths.
article_snippet: David Duckenfield also accepted that when giving evidence to Lord Justice Taylor it appeared that David Duckenfield was aware that the congested Leppings Lane turnstiles did lead to the central tunnel.
article_snippet: David Duckenfield said: 'The other possibility that I put to you is that you did at the time know much more about the geography of that ground and you are seeking to conceal that knowledge from this jury.'
highlights_snippet: David Duckenfield admits David Duckenfield failure to close a tunnel caused the deaths .
  