WILL FACE 95 CHARGES
CAMPAIGN Mirror coverage DAVID Duckenfield joined South Yorkshire Police as a cadet aged 16 and was appointed a police constable in September 1963.
Aged 25, after receiving three commendations in four years he was promoted to sergeant.
He was made an inspector in 1974, chief inspector in 1977 and then superintendent in 1983.
At the age of 46 he was promoted to Chief Superintendent on March 27 1989, three weeks before the Hillsborough disaster.
He had never policed a football game at the stadium when he was appointed match commander for the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest on April 15.
It was his decision to open Gate C, which let fans to pour into the Leppings Lane end.
Two years later, he retired on medical grounds and settled in rural Dorset.
His index-linked pension was worth a reported £23,000 a year and he was believed to spend a large amount of time playing golf.
He was also a worshipful master in the Freemasons.
At last year’s inquests into the 96 deaths, Duckenfield apologised unreservedly to families for his actions and said he would regret what happened until his dying day.