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‘We are sorry’ - Sky News apologises for Kenya stowaway story

The man identified as Paul Manyasi by Sky News. It has emerged he is called Cedrick. [Courtesy, Sky News]

British broadcaster Sky News has apologised for running an investigative story on a stowaway who fell from a Kenya Airways plane in London.

Through a statement shared on the UK media outlet’s website, Sky News has expressed regret in its reporting of the story that pointed out to a man of Kenyan origin as the said stowaway.

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