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Regional daily apologises over inquest report errors

A regional daily has apologised after publishing an inquest report which contained inaccuracies.

Jessie Wright contacted the Press Complaints Commission about an article in the Bristol Evening Post reporting on the death of her sister-in-law, saying there were a number of mistakes.

The PCC negotiated the publication of the following correction and apology in the newspaper’s dedicated “Getting it Right” column:

“In a report of the inquest into the death of Sharon Wright we incorrectly stated that her neighbours contacted the police.

“In fact it was her sister-in-law, Jessie Wright, who got in touch with them because she was concerned about Ms Wright. We also referred to Ms Wright incorrectly in one paragraph of the story as Ms Morris.

“We would like to apologise to her family for both of these errors and the distress we have caused. The family have also said that they believe Ms Wright had lain undiscovered for three days and not seven.”