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Craig Guildford, the West Midlands chief constable who is fighting for his job over claims his force misled MPs about the intelligence used to justify its call for Maccabi Tel Aviv fans to be banned from a Villa Park match last year, has apologised to the Commons home affairs committee over a mistake in evidence given to it.

He offered a “profound apology” in a letter written Monday, and it has been published today.

The home secretary has this morning received the chief inspectorate’s findings into the recommendation by West Midlands Police to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a match against Aston Villa.

She will carefully consider the letter and will make a statement in the House of Commons in response later today.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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