CHANNEL 4 Simon Israel on Channel 4 news erroneously named a suspect

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In this evening’s episode of the news programme, Abu Izzadeen, formerly known as Trevor Brooks, was said to be the suspect behind the attack on London after reportedly being told by a source. However, it transpired that Mr Izzadeen, 41, is in prison serving a sentence after his lawyer told ABC News that his client could not have been responsible for the attack. At the end of the programme, Channel 4 News issued a correction about naming Mr Izzadeen and Simon Israel, the journalist who announced the name, also issued an apology on Twitter.

He told his 7,000 followers: “The source I trusted, but ultimately I made a mistake. This time I got it wrong. Abu Izzadeen is in prison.” On top of that Channel 4 News’ head of communications Hayley Barlow posted an official statement from her Twitter account to her 13,900 followers. The statement read: “On tonight’s Channel 4 News, senior home affairs correspondent Simon Israel quoted a source as saying that the name of the Westminster attacker was believed to be Abu Izzadeen, formerly knowns as Trevor Brooks. LONDON TERROR ATTACK: ALL THE LATEST UPDATES

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The source I trusted, but ultimately I made a mistake. This time I got it wrong. Abu Izzadeen is in prison Simon Israel

“During the course of the programme, conflicting information came to light. Channel 4 is currently looking into this.” She followed up with a second statement, which read: "During tonight's programme respected senior home affairs correspondent Simon Israel quoted a source wrongly claiming the identity of the alleged Westminster attacker was believed to be Abu Izzadeen. This is not the case and we apologise to our viewers for this error." However, it appeared that following the original broadcast, Channel 4 News was unable to watch on Channel 4+1, leading many people to take to social media to comment on the show apparently getting removed. “They pulled Channel 4 News off +1 because they allegedly named the wrong suspect. If true! Yikes! Nothing to see here!” posted on person. A second added: “So Channel 4 news goofed (or think they might have goofed) so badly that they pulled the news being repeated on C4+1? Oops.”

CHANNEL 4 Simon Israel made the comment erroneously on Channel 4

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