Detectives appealed yesterday for help to find a ‘Micha’ Thompson, aged 31, who they said was wanted in connection with an assault in Derbyshire and threatening behaviour in the Hackenthorpe area of Sheffield earlier this month.

The appeal was shared on Facebook, where the top comment was from a Micah Thompson, who wrote: “Micah not Micha.”

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His response has attracted more than 100 replies, with one woman commenting ‘I'd get mad if they spelt my name wrong so gotta correct em ain't yah’ and another saying ‘you have won the internet’.

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Police this morning confirmed Thompson was now in custody following the appeal.