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Sky News presenter mistakes Sir Keith Richards for Sir Cliff Richards in breaking news tweet

on Aug 15, 2014 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Sky News Australia journalist Vanessa Trezise has been left red-faced after mixing up Sir Keith Richards and Sir Cliff Richards in a breaking news tweet following a police raid on the latter stars home.

As detectives moved on Sir Cliff’s Berkshire penthouse in pursuit of evidence pertaining to the abuse of a boy in 1985 it fell to Trezise to communicate the news to Australians on social media.

In a hastily deleted tweet she wrote: “Coming up @ SkyNewsAust reporter Martin Brunt with the latest on a police search of Sir Keith Richards home over alleged sex offences.”

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Source: The Drum