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IPSO rejects complaint from sister of London Bridge attack pint runner over use of Facebook post

By Freddy Mayhew

A woman who shared a viral image of her brother calmly fleeing the London Bridge terror attack with a pint of beer has complained its use by three news websites breached the Editors’ Code.

Katherine Armstrong posted the image of Paul Armstrong on Facebook after it had been widely shared on social media in the aftermath of the fatal attack in June.

Armstrong “tagged” eight friends in the post to draw their attention to it.

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