Charges were withdrawn today in Cape Town, South Africa, against Sunday Mirror journalist Simon Wright, said his lawyer William Booth.
Wright was arrested after football fan Pavlos Joseph's intrusion into the England team's dressing room during the World Cup.
He (Wright) had been charged with attempting to defeat the ends of justice, and breaching the Immigration Act.
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