The Daily Mail issued a correction on 12 September 2025 apologising after a March article about an alleged thief wrongly pictured a man who is not connected to the allegations.
The correction, published and updated at 00:01 BST on 12 September by the paper's reporting team, said an article on 27 March about an alleged thief called Abderrahim Mamma had mistakenly used a photograph of a different man with a similar name — an engineer living in Paris — and that he was not connected to the allegations in any way. The paper said it had removed the original article and apologised for the error.
The correction directed readers with concerns about inaccuracies to the Daily Mail’s corrections email address, [email protected], and outlined routes for formal complaint under the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) rules. It instructed readers to visit the MailOnline readers' editor page at www.mailonline.co.uk/readerseditor for a complaints form, and noted that formal correspondence can be sent to the Readers' Editor at Northcliffe House, 9 Derry Street, London W8 5TT. The correction also referenced IPSO’s website, ipso.co.uk, as the regulator that can be contacted directly.
The Daily Mail's notice did not provide additional details about how the incorrect photograph came to be used or whether any internal review had been opened. The removal of the item follows industry norms for correcting published errors and signals the publisher's acknowledgment of the mistake. Media organisations in the United Kingdom typically offer corrections and a complaints channel when readers or subjects identify inaccuracies; IPSO oversees many complaints related to potential breaches of the press code.
The misidentified individual, identified by the paper as an engineer residing in Paris, was described in the correction as having a name closely similar to that of the person discussed in the March article. The correction emphasised that he has no connection to the allegations reported.
Corrections statements are a routine mechanism for legacy and digital news organisations to set the record straight when reporting errors are discovered. Readers seeking further information or wishing to pursue a formal complaint about the March item have been directed to the Mail’s corrections address, the readers' editor complaints form, or IPSO for independent review.