Regret the Error

On 10th December last, we published a story on the website with the heading: ‘Police officer faces jail after crashing riot van’.
The article described the conviction of former Pc Geoff Jackson for taking a police vehicle without consent, careless driving and driving without insurance after a night out drinking with friends.
The article was accompanied by a photograph depicting a male with the caption ‘Geoff Jackson leaving court this afternoon’.
In fact the photograph was not of Pc Jackson but another police officer who had nothing to do with the incident and has never been charged with any criminal offence.
We wish to apologise to this officer for our mistake, which has inevitably caused him great distress. Link

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