Police cited a “fictitious” football match in a report that contributed to Israeli fans being banned from a game against Aston Villa. Craig Guildford, Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, said he was told a 2023 match between West Ham and Maccabi Tel Aviv was inaccurately included in a report after “some social media scraping was done”. The police chief’s admission came in a grilling by MPs on the Commons home affairs select committee, which is investigating how fans of the Israeli club were banned from attending a match in Birmingham. The decision to bar supporters from the Nov 6...
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