Liverpool fans mistakenly abused a teenage boy called Kelvin Mackenzie on Twitter yesterday, while a Manchester City striker’s namesake was involved in a matter even more serious.
Kelvin Mackenzie was not even born when the Hillsborough disaster happened. You see the one we are talking about is not the now disgraced former Sun editor.
Yesterday was the day the previously secret files into the tragedy were released, with Prime Minister David Cameron publicly acknowledging on the record that no Liverpool fans were to blame for the events which saw 96 supporters lose their lives.
The Sun have today run with a headline entitled ‘The Real Truth’ – in reference to their ‘Hillsborough: The Truth’ headline they ran in the aftermath of the incident accusing Liverpool fans of depravities.
It was a decision taken by editor at the time Kelvin Mackenzie, and his apology yesterday was dismissed as ‘too little too late’ by the families of the dead.
One person who took the brunt of the anger was an innocent teenager based in Inverness called Kelvin Mackenzie whose twitter bio, was unfortunately @kelvinmackenzie.
One such message from a Liverpool fan wrote: “I am hoping that the CPS is going to catch up with you for perversion of the course of justice.”
Another: “Hopefully, finally you will be exposed to as the the liar and chancer you’ve always been #hillsborough.”
The lad took it all in good spirits, ensuring each and every fan knew he was not the editor, and was not even alive when it happened, tweeting #itwasntme.
If you think that was unfortunate, and it truly was, spare a thought for Manchester City Edin Dzeko at the moment, for having to live with this horrific headline on a Balkan website.
‘Witness says Edin Dzeko killed elderly Croats.’
This is no jovial tale either, but a reference to a current war crime trial currently taking place in Bosnia. Edin Dzeko is a defendant, a namesake of the suddenly unfortunate footballer.
The accused is standing trial of shooting two elderly men and a woman in the back at the height of the Bosnia conflict in 1993. If you want to read the article you can do so here.
It is big news in his homeland, even though the striker has done his best to keep his name in the headlines for the right reasons, scoring five goals for his country in two games.
Two more unfortunate tales of name mix-ups, you are unlikely to hear.
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