The chair of a Merseyside Reform UK branch has apologised after it shared a video with false claims a man was shot in Tuebrook. The ECHO this week reported how a video, showing police entering a property on Balmoral Road in Fairfield, was shared by Reform UK West Derby branch on Facebook on Sunday, October 25.
The footage of an incident showing police approaching a house, in scenes which the ECHO confirmed took place on Thursday, October 22, before loud bangs were heard coming from inside the semi-detached property. The person recording can be heard claiming a "bomb" had gone off before stating a man had been killed after gunshots were fired.
This was incorrect, but the post, which included false claims from the local branch of the national party that the building is an "alleged HMO", has since been viewed around 119,000 times.
The ECHO worked out the incident took place on Balmoral Road in Fairfield, rather than Windsor Road in Tuebrook as Reform UK West Derby incorrectly stated, before Merseyside Police confirmed the date of the incident.
A spokesperson for the force explained officers responded to a concern for safety of a man on Thursday evening, and the man was traced to the address on Balmoral Road. Three men were arrested.
Adrian Mucha, 19, of no fixed abode, was charged with blackmail. He was remanded into custody to appear in court on Saturday October 24.
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