The UK Daily Record unpublished an article about woman named Mary Reid after her lawyers filed an accuracy complaint to the UK Press Complaints Commission.
The article’s headline inaccurately indicated that she had “denied being a Gypsy” and also “bore no relation to the story reported,” the PCC reported her complaint read.
The Record took down its report, apologized to Reid and published a correction that reads:
“On 31 January, as part of an article concerning the pending court case against Mary Reid over the filling in of a census form, we incorrectly stated that she had denied being a Gypsy. In fact, Mary Reid is a Gypsy and is extremely proud of her heritage. At no time has she said that she is not a Gypsy. We offer her our apologies for this error.”