Merseyside Police apologise over Twitter 'rape joke'

A police force has apologised after it appeared to joke about rape.

Merseyside Police was criticised after responding to a tweet sent to the force’s official Twitter account following Everton’s 6-2 victory over Sunderland.

A Twitter user wrote: “Hello. I’d like to report an incident of rape that occurred at Goodison Park, Liverpool, on November 1st at 3:00.”