In last week's Guardian (page 11) we published a picture of a borough schoolboy as part of a news story on Sutton Council and police's latest truancy sweeps.
We would like to stress that the boy pictured was not playing truant, was on study leave and was on his way home from an exam.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that we pixelated the photo of his face, this was insufficient for him not to be identifiable from the picture.
We strongly and sincerely apologise for any distress caused to him, his family and friends as a result of the picture's publication.
May 30, 2003 09:30
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