Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Police Federation barrister Paul Greaney suggests David Duckenfield has been "shifting blame to junior officers".

He says other witnesses who've given evidence on the issue have said it was Mr Duckenfield's responsibility to monitor the pens.

Image source, Julia Quenzler

Mr Greaney asks: "Does it come down to this. Whatever anyone else has said about this issue, you know best?"

Mr Duckenfield replies: "No sir, I don't."

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield accepts he had three minutes to consider the consequence of opening gate C and a commander should be able to make "split second" decisions.

Paul Greaney, representing the Police Federation, asks: "Do you agree that - never mind a match commander - it might only take a child of average intelligence to realise what the consequences of your decision might be?"

Mr Duckenfield replies: "I didn't consider it on the day because of the pressure I was under."

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Paul Greaney, representing the Police Federation: "Can you not tell us whether you simply froze?"

David Duckenfield: "I think it's fair to say we were all in a state of shock."

Mr Greaney: "You were the one whose job it was to get past any feelings of shock and manage the situation."

Mr Duckenfield: "Yes, but I am human."

Giulia Bould
BBC Radio Merseyside

The police match commander at the Hillsborough disaster has denied he "bottled it", as the tragedy unfolded.

David Duckenfield has been accused of "panicking" after giving the order to open an exit gate next to the Leppings Lane turnstiles.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield says that, when opening the exit gates, he only anticipated people running and falling down in the concourse - not crushing on the terrace.

The former chief superintendent also says he doesn't know why he didn't look at a stadium plan - pictured here on a table in the police box.

David Duckenfield says "it's for others" to make a judgement on whether he "froze" on the afternoon of the disaster.

Paul Greaney, who represents the Police Federation, says the former chief superintendent knew the consequences of his actions and he "froze" and "bottled it".

Mr Duckenfield disagrees, saying he was "a man in deep thought" but "I can't comment on whether I froze or not".

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield repeats he had no idea where fans would go when entering turnstiles A to G or through exit gate C.

He denies he is "concealing from the jury for (his) own purposes" what he knew on the day.

"I tell the truth about my failings... with hindsight I should have known other things."

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Paul Greaney, representing the Police Federation, asks David Duckenfield why his recollection about his knowledge of the Hillsborough ground is better now than when he gave evidence to the Taylor Public Inquiry.

The former chief superintendent says he was confused when giving evidence then "because of his personal circumstances".

Ben Schofield
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

David Duckenfield denies lying, exaggerating or concealing relevant facts during his evidence to the Taylor Inquiry held between 1989 and 1990.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield accepts it is "totally unacceptable that as match commander he didn't have a grip on the geography of Hillsborough".

He says he has no explanation for why he didn't have a good understanding of the layout of the stadium.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Answering questions from Paul Greaney, who represents the Police Federation, David Duckenfield agrees he was in overall charge on the day, had considerable responsibility and should have been the leader to officers.

Image source, Reuters

The former chief superintendent agrees it would be "disgraceful" and "cowardly" for a leader in his position to shift blame but says he has not done so.

He acknowledges he made "major" and "grave" errors at Hillsborough.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield agrees an "obvious action" would have been to send "one of the many police officers under his control" to find ambulance staff.

Giulia Bould
BBC Radio Merseyside

Two Liverpool schoolboys have been told they will go on trial for rape in June over an attack on a vulnerable woman in Anfield.

The 42-year-old victim was in her own home at the time.

Ben Schofield
BBC Radio Merseyside reporter

The court at the Hillsborough inquests has resumed after a short break.

Jenni Richards QC is now asking questions on behalf of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service, which was the South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service in 1989.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield told the first Hillsborough inquest he hadn't read a guide on safety at sports grounds.

He has told these new inquests that he did.

He agrees he is surprised that his evidence in 1991 was "totally at odds" with what he had now told the court about reading the guide.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield says he doesn't know where he thought Sheffield Wednesday's club stewards were going to stand to monitor fans filling the pens.

"My personal view was, and it is now, that it wasn't a police officer's duty to direct fans in the concourse," he says.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield agrees he could have contacted Sheffield Wednesday about any concerns before the match, but he did not.

Andrew Waters, the barrister for Sheffield Wednesday, says if the former chief superintendent had raised concerns about the club, he'd have learned it was the police's job to monitor the pens.

Mr Duckenfield replies: "My view, sir, is that we were monitoring the pens properly."

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

Earlier in his evidence, David Duckenfield said he thought Sheffield Wednesday weren't complying with crowd control guidelines at Hillsborough.

He agrees that if that was a concern at the time, there were "a number of obvious steps" he could have taken to deal with it.

"25, 26 years ago I can't recall conversations that took place," he says.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield is now being questioned by Andrew Waters on behalf of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

He asks the former chief superintendent about the guidance on who had responsibility to monitor the filling of the pens.

Judith Moritz
North of England correspondent, BBC News

David Duckenfield agrees that, while deciding whether to open gate C, he didn't ask advice from any of the officers in the police control box.

The jury is shown CCTV footage of an empty road next to the crowded area that was outside the turnstiles.

Mr Duckenfield says he didn't think of moving fans there but should have done.