Adelaide, Jan 31: Human and database errors led to an embarrassing mistake which allowed Harbhajan Singh to escape possible suspension, International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Malcolm Speed said today.

''It is very unfortunate that human error led to Justice Hansen not having the full history of Harbhajan's previous Code of Conduct breaches and the ICC accepts responsibility for this mistake,'' Speed said, after Hansen revealed that he was not aware of Harbhajan's previous infractions.