Cop blunder casts film stars as yobs.B U N G L I N G c o p s h a v e s a i d s o r r y for branding six innocent film actors as wanted football hooligans. Police issued 66 mug shots last week of "suspects" from the riots that marred August's league cup clash between West Ham Coordinates: West Ham is a district in the London Borough of Newham, in east London, England, located 6.1 miles (9.8 km) east of Charing Cross. From 1889 to 1965 it formed part of the County Borough of West Ham. and Millwall. But six of the men were actors from The Firm, a movie about 1980s hooliganism. The blunder happened when cops took images of the "suspects" from a TV news report on the violence. It's believed officers watched the report with the sound turned down and didn't realise some of the footage came from the movie. Scotland Yard Scotland Yard, headquarters of the London Metropolitan Police. The term is often used, popularly, to refer to one branch, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Named after a short street in London, the site of a palace used in the 12th cent. said yesterday: "We wish to apologise unreservedly un·re·served adj. 1. Not held back for a particular person: an unreserved seat. 2. Given without reservation; unqualified: unreserved praise. 3. to those affected. "We will be actively trying to contact them to offer our apologies." A Yard insider added: "It was a bad day at the office." CAPTION(S): Make-believe mayhem mayhem (mā`hĕm, mā`əm), in common law, the crime of willfully injuring a person so as to diminish his or her capacity for self-defense. : A scene from The Firm |
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