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May 24, 2012

Daily Record censured over ‘explicit’ pic of dead man

By Andrew Pugh

The Daily Record has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission for publishing a photo of man killed in a car crash.

The man’s wife, Laura McQueen, complained to the press watchdog that the photo was ‘graphic’– clearly showing the dead man’s face – and said it had caused ‘severe shock and upset to her family”.

Her complaint under Clause 5, intrusion into grief or shock, of the Editors’ Code of Practice was upheld.

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