Mirror editor fired over fake pictures

PIERS MORGAN stepped down as editor of the Daily Mirror last night as the paper "unreservedly" apologised for publishing faked pictures of British soldiers abusing Iraqis.

Mirror editor fired over fake pictures
Sat, 15 May, 2004 - 01:00
James Lyons

Mr Morgan's departure came hours after the Queen's Lancashire Regiment (QLR), the regiment at the centre of the abuse claims, demanded he say sorry.

A Royal Military Police inquiry concluded the photographs were "categorically" not taken in Iraq.

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