In an article headlined, 'The Hull widow coming to terms with release of murderer Steve Gallant after London Bridge 'heroics'', published on 8 July, reported the story of Steven Gallant, who murdered firefighter Barrie Jackson in 2005, and the news of him being released from prison after a royal pardon following his efforts in fighting off a terrorist on London Bridge in 2019.
The article reported that Barrie Jackson had been attacked by a gang of men who wanted revenge after he was cleared of the attempted murder of a 64-year-old Hull prostitute. In fact, we would like to clarify that although two incidents were mentioned during the trial, the motive of the attack was never clearly established.
Furthermore, the article described Vicky Foster as the 'widow' of Mr Jackson however Vicky was not married to Mr Jackson. Furthermore, the majority of comments attributed to Vicky Foster regarding her former partner’s murder had been made in December 2020 in an article for a different publication and had not been made contemporaneously in response to the release of Mr Gallant as the article suggested. We would like to apologise for these errors and for any distress caused to Vicky Foster by the article. This correction has been published following an upheld ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
