Complaint against BBC's Newsnight over report about Lyra McKee upheld

Complaint against BBC's Newsnight over report about Lyra McKee upheld

Lyra McKee. Picture: Chiho Tang/Oranga Creative/PA

Ofcom has upheld a complaint against Newsnight over the broadcast of images which appeared to show the murdered journalist Lyra McKee in her dying moments.

The BBC programme showed mobile phone footage which focused on her as she lay on the ground at the centre of a crowd of people with her shoes visible.

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