who is now 7a years old, he was the chief superintendent for south yorkshire police on the day of aylesburya video link. what happened this morning is that they read out the main charge that he is charged with manslaughter by gross negligence of their 95 people who died at the disaster, and it went through the whole list of the 95 names. that took several minutes to read out in court, a quiet atmosphere as they were read out. it was then put to david tuckman field what his plea was going to be, and he said very clearly —— david dukinfield, he said clearly that he pled not guilty to the charges. also appearing beside him at the club secretary sheffield wednesday, also the safety officer, he is charged with two safety offences to which he also pleaded not guilty. going forward they will both face trial, beginning january next year, that is set to last several weeks once the trial gets under way. of course, 96 people actually died as a result of the disaster, but because one of the victims died more than a year after the event, dying of his injuries more than a year and a day after the events