Source: Telegraph
Police sorry for West Ham football riot actors blunder
It has emerged that a file of 66 pictures of those caught up in the violent clashes, made public in a bid to identify the rioters, accidentally included stills of actors from the film. [LNB]Police used a Sky News report to capture images of fans fighting at the Carling Cup clash in August but officers turned off the sound from the report and so failed to realise it included clips from the movie. [LNB]Google: Human error brings internet chaos for millionsBloodgate: Dean Richards: Im sorry I got caught. But I realise what I did was wrongBurglar caught red-handed by octagenarian jailedPrime Ministers Questions: David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown over spendingThe Metropolitan Police said: ''We wish to apologise unreservedly to those affected.'' [LNB]Among the actors who faces were included in in the 'wanted' line-up was Paul Anderson, who plays Bex in the film. [LNB]The error was described by Yard insiders as a ''bad day at the office'' for those responsible. [LNB]Scotland Yard said: ''Six images in individuals who were not involved in the violence were mistakenly included. These images appear to have been taken from a motion picture. [LNB]''We wish to apologise unreservedly to those affected. We are going to be actively trying to contact those people to offer our apologies.'' [LNB]A 43-year-old Millwall supporter was stabbed during the violence in and around West Ham's Upton Park ground on August 25. Police have arrested more than 40 people so far. [LNB]The Firm, which was released last month, is set in football hooligans' 1980s heyday and is about a young man who joins a ''firm'' of thugs. [LNB]Vertigo Films, which made the movie, told The Sun: ''We are delighted our scenes are so realistic people can't tell the difference between them and real events."[LNB]
