Editor sacked over 'hoax' photosDaily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake. At a news conference in Preston on Friday afternoon, the regiment demonstrated to reporters aspects of uniform and equipment which it said proved the photographs were fake.
The regiment's Brigadier Geoff Sheldon said the vehicle featured in the photographs had been located in a Territorial Army base in Lancashire and had never been in Iraq.
Sly came up and called in all the heads of department and told them what had happened. The fact that they have issued an unreserved apology says a lot. He didn't want to apologise. "It is a tragedy. Although not everyone was behind him on this story, everyone was 100% behind Piers. He has been treated appallingly after eight and a half years."Staff were in tears when it was announced by Des Kelly, Morgan's deputy.People were gobsmacked when Des Kelly told us what happened."
The paper said Morgan had left after falling prey to a "calculated and malicious hoax" which saw the paper print photos of British troops apparently abusing Iraqi detainees.
But Morgan had refused to accept accusations that the images were forged, even after the government said they had not been taken in Iraq, but mocked up in the north-west of England.Since September 11, 2001, he sought to position the Mirror as a hard-hitting, serious-minded tabloid and became increasingly critical of the Labour party, which the Mirror has always traditionally supported.Since September 11, 2001, he sought to position the Mirror as a hard-hitting, serious-minded tabloid and became increasingly critical of the Labour party, which the Mirror has always traditionally supported.
The regiment's Brigadier Geoff Sheldon said the vehicle featured in the photographs had been located in a Territorial Army base in Lancashire and had never been in Iraq.
Sly came up and called in all the heads of department and told them what had happened. The fact that they have issued an unreserved apology says a lot. He didn't want to apologise. "It is a tragedy. Although not everyone was behind him on this story, everyone was 100% behind Piers. He has been treated appallingly after eight and a half years."Staff were in tears when it was announced by Des Kelly, Morgan's deputy.People were gobsmacked when Des Kelly told us what happened."
The paper said Morgan had left after falling prey to a "calculated and malicious hoax" which saw the paper print photos of British troops apparently abusing Iraqi detainees.
But Morgan had refused to accept accusations that the images were forged, even after the government said they had not been taken in Iraq, but mocked up in the north-west of England.Since September 11, 2001, he sought to position the Mirror as a hard-hitting, serious-minded tabloid and became increasingly critical of the Labour party, which the Mirror has always traditionally supported.Since September 11, 2001, he sought to position the Mirror as a hard-hitting, serious-minded tabloid and became increasingly critical of the Labour party, which the Mirror has always traditionally supported.
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