Originally Posted by BBC News Report
Scotland Yard has apologised after actors from a hit film were mistakenly identified as football hooligans being sought after riots at a West Ham game.

Police issued 66 pictures of people supposedly caught on camera during violent clashes in August.

The images wrongly included stills of six actors from recent film The Firm.

A TV report was used to capture the images but because there was no sound officers did not realise it included clips from the hooligan-themed film.

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BBC News Report