Reporter held for ‘orchestrating’ World Cup stunt

A BRITISH journalist was yesterday accused of helping to orchestrate the incident in which a fan walked into the England dressing room after the match against Algeria.

Sunday Mirror reporter Simon Wright, 44, was arrested at Cape Town international airport after CCTV footage allegedly showed he was involved in the incident after the match at Cape Town’s Green Point stadium on June 18.

He appeared in a special World Cup court in Cape Town late on Monday night on charges of defeating the ends of justice and flouting the provisions of the Immigration Act.