LEST any doubt arose from our articles in August 2008 on the acquittal of Barry George for the murder of Jill Dando, we are happy to make it clear we accept that the jury’s verdict in acquitting Mr George was correct. Following allegations made in other articles published in October 2008, we accept that Mr [...]
IN an article on 3 February 2008 headlined "Evil on benefits" we described Shakil Akhtar as the "treasurer" of a militant Islamic cell responsible for funding terrorism. Mr Akhtar is not involved in the funding of terrorism or a member of a militant cell and we apologise to him for the embarrassment and distress caused [...]
IN our edition dated April 12, 2009, we reported that Thomas Tolan, below, a current inmate of Maghaberry prison was facing disciplinary proceedings having allegedly been found by prison officials to be in possession of hard core pornographic DVDs. It has been pointed out to us by Mr Tolan that he was not in fact [...]
LAST Sunday, we published a story claiming sacked City trader Elliott Short, 22, had won £20 million in a year betting on horses. Short said he had won the money by taking bets from punters at online betting exchange Betfair. Betfair, while not commenting on individual accounts, say Mr Short’s claims were inaccurate and the [...]
