BBC News was forced to issue an apology on-air after wrongly showing a picture of Chelsea and England star Raheem Sterling when running a segment about a still unnamed Premier League player who has been arrested for alleged sexual offenses.
The image of Sterling was used on a different story about his recent transfer from Manchester City to Chelsea but was again shown behind presenter Mike Bushell as he gave an update on the arrest on Thursday morning.
Later on, one of Bushell’s colleagues said that a “technical error” was to blame for the mix-up and stressed that Sterling is “wholly unconnected” with the allegations.
“In our sports bulletin earlier, owing to a technical error the wrong picture appeared in connection with a story of a Premier League player arrested over alleged sexual offenses,” it was said.
“A picture of a different and wholly unconnected player was shown. We apologize for that mistake.”
Did anyone else just see the BBC News mention a footballer and rape…