Police officer sorry for ‘Hillsborough’ fire tweet
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.