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# Mistaken Identity

Last year
2022
# Mistaken Identity
Algeria sentences scores to death over forest fire lynching
A group of people killed Djamel Ben Ismail in a case of mistaken identity.
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Nov 24th 2022, 9:52 PM
# Courts
Woman given community service for attacking a man that she wrongly believed was a rapist
The victim checked himself out of hospital after the attack and died by suicide a week later
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Nov 2nd 2022, 4:54 PM
All time
# Mistaken Identity
Harrington promises to learn from mistake in Galway mix-up
‘We will ensure that it never happens again’.
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Jul 28th 2021, 11:52 AM
# Mistaken Identity
Photograph of blue-eyed Vincent van Gogh is not the Dutch painter but his brother Theo
The discovery brings the number of existing van Gogh photographs back down to one.
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Nov 29th 2018, 10:55 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Woman wrongly put in Mountjoy was told 'if you keep being dishonest I can keep you in longer’
Amy Daly spoke about her ordeal on radio.
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Mar 14th 2018, 3:51 PM
# University of Virginia
TV station removes broadcaster 'Robert Lee' from covering football game - because of his controversial name
The decision came following the recent violence in the Virginia city of Charlottesville.
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Aug 23rd 2017, 10:00 AM
# Rock and Mo Star
Mo Farah posts photo with Noel Gallagher at U2 gig... gets it horribly wrong
The Olympic gold medallist clearly isn’t an Oasis fan.
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Jul 12th 2017, 3:30 PM
# Mistaken Identity
The Herald has apologised after mistaking Stormzy for Romelu Lukaku on its back page
The mix-up has gone viral and also led to a response from the musician.
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Jul 10th 2017, 3:27 PM
# stormzy in a teacup
The Herald accidentally used a photo of Stormzy instead of Lukaku in the paper today
And the mistake is going so viral.
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Jul 10th 2017, 11:43 AM
# Mistaken Identity
11 days after his funeral, a US family received a call to say their brother was still alive
His family were told by authorities that Frank M Kerrigan had been found dead. He hadn’t.
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Jun 25th 2017, 12:58 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Another man has been wrongly identified as sex offender Anthony Luckwill
Last month, a man who was house-hunting in Kildare was verbally abused by locals after being wrongfully identified.
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Jun 15th 2017, 9:31 PM
# Kildare
Man mistaken for sex offender confronted on street after photo shared on news site's Facebook page
The publication has released an apology after an image of the wrong man was shared by a commenter on its Facebook page.
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May 28th 2017, 3:03 PM
# Fugees
Wyclef Jean handcuffed by LA police in 'mistaken identity'
The Grammy-winning artist said he was “appalled” after being handcuffed and questioned by police.
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Mar 22nd 2017, 10:44 PM
# wrong address
'Unconditional apology' from State after gardaí repeatedly call to family's home
The High Court was told that the family were harassed by gardaí calling and asking about a person who didn’t live there.
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Feb 15th 2017, 4:20 PM
# criminal feud
Ballymun shooting victim recently released from prison after 'knuckleduster assault'
Mistaken identity a possibility in last night’s attack.
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Jan 17th 2017, 11:56 AM
# Mistaken Identity
Prime Time shows footage of suspect in Trevor O’Neill murder
The father-of-three was gunned down in Majorca in August.
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Dec 1st 2016, 11:07 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Lawyers for alleged human trafficker say photos of the 'real criminal' exonerate their client
Lawyers for the man have said he is the victim of a mistaken identity.
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Nov 16th 2016, 9:10 PM
# Silly Season
Ireland prop McGrath the victim of mistaken identity in Chicago
Yesterday’s press conferences threw up some odd moments.
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Nov 4th 2016, 7:10 AM
# majorca
Dublin man killed in case of mistaken identity is laid to rest
Dublin Lord Mayor Brendan Carr and city manager Owen Keegan were among the mourners at Trevor O’Neill’s funeral.
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Aug 30th 2016, 2:51 PM
# Mistaken Identity
People are tweeting the wrong Chris Evans giving out about Top Gear
Captain America was not involved.
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May 30th 2016, 10:07 AM
# Mistaken Identity
"He was in the wrong place, but he was on the right path" - Martin O'Rourke laid to rest
The father of three was shot on Dublin’s Sheriff Street last week.
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Apr 22nd 2016, 2:10 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Shooting victim Martin O'Rourke was 'on his way to class' when he was killed
The young man had been trying to rebuild his life, the father of his fiancée has said.
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Apr 18th 2016, 4:46 PM
# Mistaken Identity
'Thousands' raised to cover funeral costs of shooting victim Martin O'Rourke
The 24-year-old was shot on Sheriff Street in Dublin in a case of mistaken identity.
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Apr 17th 2016, 4:35 PM
# dear oh dear
Didier Deschamps embarrassed on TV after scouting Senegal defender for France
A lesson in why you should always do your homework.
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Feb 22nd 2016, 3:15 PM
# Afghanistan
Man held at Guantánamo Bay for 13 years in case of mistaken identity
Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri has been detained at the camp without charge.
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Dec 2nd 2015, 8:58 AM
# Mistaken Identity
Teen who stamped on schoolboy's head gets suspended sentence
He also punched the boy’s friend.
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Dec 1st 2015, 5:51 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Woman seen in tabloid bubble bath photo is NOT suspected Paris jihadi
Moroccan woman Nabila Bakkatha said a former friend sold the image out of revenge.
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Nov 24th 2015, 1:14 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Louis van Gaal keeps calling Chris Smalling 'Mike'
The defender has been one of the Red Devils’ standout players this season.
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Nov 21st 2015, 2:24 PM
# You got the wrong guy
Police called after Belgium and Roma midfielder is mistaken for a terrorist
Radja Nainggolan saw the funny side when hotel guests contacted the authorities after claiming he looked suspicious.
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Nov 19th 2015, 7:19 PM
# Mistaken Identity
This student has the same name as his lecturer, and he's taking full advantage of it
*applause*
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Nov 11th 2015, 9:56 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Here's why the man behind the @JohnLewis account is an internet treasure
Spare a thought for him today.
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Nov 6th 2015, 9:37 AM
# bearded villains
Bearded hipsters may rethink lifestyle choices - after being mistaken for ISIS
The Bearded Villains, a club of, well, bearded men, were mistaken for Islamic State soldiers by Swedish police.
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Oct 13th 2015, 7:00 PM
# good news
'A case of mistaken identity': Jericho the lion was NOT killed
He’s also not technically Cecil’s brother.
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Aug 2nd 2015, 2:26 PM
# Clonsilla
Man charged over mistaken identity shooting in Clonsilla
Two other men arrested in connection with the murder were released without charge.
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Jun 20th 2015, 10:45 AM
# spirited away
Mexican teenager dragged screaming from courthouse and sent to Texas
A Houston woman claimed Alondra Luna Nunez was her daughter but she’s since been proven wrong.
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Apr 24th 2015, 12:26 PM
# LOI
Champions drop points, red card mix-up and the talking points from the SSE Airtricity League
Derek Prendergast was wrongly shown a red card while Dundalk were held by Limerick and Bray Wanderers picked up their first win of the season this weekend.
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Apr 6th 2015, 9:48 AM
# Mistaken Identity
United flatter to deceive again as they grind out win amid red card controversy
A second-half brace from Wayne Rooney saw United over the line after the referee wrongly sent-off Wes Brown.
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Feb 28th 2015, 5:21 PM
# Mistaken Identity
ITV journalist becomes accidental target of Super Bowl abuse, deals with it in best possible way
Meet Tom Bradby. He is not Tom Brady.
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Feb 2nd 2015, 5:59 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Northampton weren't quite sure which Munster out-half they signed today
Wrong Munster 10, lads.
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Jan 7th 2015, 1:58 PM
# Mistaken Identity
Parents discover son isn't dead when he answers door at girlfriend's house
The couple were wrongly informed that their son had died in a car crash.
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Oct 12th 2014, 4:30 PM
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