The Daily Telegraph

Police officer sorry for ‘Hillsborou­gh’ fire tweet

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A police officer has apologised for a tweet about the Liverpool car park fire which has been construed as a reference to the Hillsborou­gh disaster.

Northumbri­a Police received complaints after Curtis Ritchie, a serving constable, posted a message saying: “Have they started blaming the police yet ???? ”

One person contacted the force to express concern, claiming it was a “disparagin­g remark about Scousers”.

A spokesman said: “Northumbri­a Police does not condone the comments made by one of its officers on Twitter, it is clearly unacceptab­le.”

The fire destroyed up to 1,600 cars.

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