TV Presenter Matthew Wright says 'sorry' to family of boy, 16, killed on Scottish island that he joked about with 'Taggart accent'
Matthew Wright has 本人自身で apologised to the family of a 十代の少年少女 who was killed on a Scottish island after he made a joke about the boy's death.
The host of Channel 5's The Wright Stuff said 'there's been another 殺人' copying a phrase from Taggart when referring to the 殺人 of Liam Aitchison on the 小島 of 吊りくさび.
The 16-year-old was 設立する dead in a derelict building in the Steinish area of Stornoway on Tuesday November 29, a week after he went 行方不明の.
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Disgraceful: Matthew Wright, left, has infuriated テレビ視聴者s by joking about the 殺人 of Scottish 十代の少年少女 Liam Aitchison
Two men were 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 殺人 に引き続いて the death.
He 最初 apologised for comments he made during a newspaper review segment of the show after Liam's family 問題／発行するd a 声明 説 the comments had been 'very upsetting', '侮辱ing' and 'insensitive'.
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Wright said on 空気／公表する that it had not been his 意向 to 'belittle' the 十代の少年少女's death, and he wrote to Liam's family.
殺人d Stornoway 十代の少年少女 Liam Aitchison
TV 監視者 Ofcom 開始する，打ち上げるd an 調査 last week after receiving more than 2,000 （民事の）告訴s about the comments.
However, the family said today that they want to 'draw a line' under it.
They said in a 声明: 'We have spoken with Matthew Wright and have 受託するd his 陳謝 for comments made regarding Liam's death.
'We would like now to draw a line under the whole Wright Stuff 出来事/事件 and ask people to 焦点（を合わせる） on the 過程 of 司法（官） for Liam.'
A 記念の service is to be held for the 十代の少年少女 tomorrow at the Roman カトリック教徒 Church in Scotland Street, Stornoway, at 1pm.
His family 招待するd all of Liam's friends to …に出席する and 支払う／賃金 their 尊敬（する）・点s.
Jonathan Mackinnon, 21, from Stornoway, and 20-year-old Stefan Miller, from Carloway, appeared in 私的な at Inverness 郡保安官 法廷，裁判所 last week where they were 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 殺人.
They made no 嘆願 or 宣言 and were 再拘留（者）d in 保護／拘留.
The last 殺人 on 吊りくさび was in 1968, when 80-year-old Mary Mackenzie was 設立する dead in her cottage on the west 味方する of the island in Brue. A man was 報道によれば 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with her 殺人 but the 事例／患者 was not proven.
In 2006, a 殺人 調査 was 開始する，打ち上げるd into the death of Murdo Macdonald but the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 was 減ずるd to serious 強襲，強姦 when it reached 法廷，裁判所.
不適切な: The Channel 5 presenter used Jim Taggart's catchphrase from TV 罪，犯罪 演劇 Taggart as the 十代の少年少女's death was discussed
Norman Aitchison, the father of the 殺人d Stornoway 十代の少年少女, slammed Channel 5, 説 he was 'disgusted' by the presenter's words.
地位，任命するing on The Wright Stuff's website, Mr Aitchison wrote: 'Would your パネル盤 members be making a joke of this if it was one of their own children?
WRIGHT HIT BY CONTROVERSY AGAIN
Matthew Wright's comments were the 最新の in a line of 議論の的になる moments to 攻撃する，衝突する his Channel 5 show.
Just two months ago the show was criticised for running a 'Foxy Knoxy: Would Ya?' feature the day after Amanda Knox was 解放（する）d from an Italian 刑務所，拘置所.
And in 2002, the show 'accidentally' 明らかにする／漏らすd that former TV 星／主役にする John Leslie was （刑事）被告 of a 強姦 on Ulrika Jonsson. Mr Leslie was never 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d over the 申し立てられた／疑わしい offence.
The show has also received phone calls during the live 幅の広い cast from both Katie Price and George Michael to 始める，決める the 記録，記録的な／記録する straight on items they have run.
Wright is also no stranger to 論争 himself.
In 1998 he reviewed a West End play called the The Dead Monkey （人命などを）奪う，主張するing it was 'without 疑問 the worst West End show'.
The comment was made にもかかわらず Wright never 現実に seeing the play.
He later lost a £30,000 名誉き損 事例／患者 against the show's lead actor David Soul.
'My son's death is no joke and I am disgusted with every 選び出す／独身 one of you on that パネル盤.
'Let my son 残り／休憩（する） in peace, love you Liam - 向こうずね on you crazy diamond xxx.'
But the comments were 削除するd along with hundreds of others and the episode was also pulled from the 放送者's online catch-up service.
Mr Wright was 軍隊d to apologise for his words but he told those （選挙などの）運動をするing for people to complain to 'grow up'.
He said he had been 'touched by death' himself, and did not mean to make light of the 事柄.
He said: 'I know that some of you have been upset by some comments made during yesterday's newspaper review about the 殺人 of Liam Aitchison in Stornoway and I would like to apologise if that was the 事例／患者.
'Certainly, no 意向 on my part to belittle the 真面目さ or the 悲劇 of this story, or to 感情を害する／違反する anyone who knew Liam.'
It is not the first time the presenter has 怒り／怒るd テレビ視聴者s. In October he held a live 審議 called 'Foxy Knoxy: Would ya?' after Amanda Knox was acquitted o f 殺人，大当り Meredith Kercher.
Angus MacNeil, SNP MP for the Western 小島s, said he and many of his 選挙権を持つ／選挙人s had raised a （民事の）告訴 with Ofcom.
He said: 'This is a very sad time for the family of Liam Aitchison, and his 殺人 has stunned the 地元の community.
'To see Matthew Wright making jokes about the 悲劇 and behaving as he did is beyond belief, and has disgusted everyone who has seen the programme.'
Search: A 法廷の team 徹底的に捜す the area outside the derelict house in Steinish, 近づく Stornoway where Liam's 団体／死体 was 設立する
Mysterious: Liam was last seen in Stornoway on November 22.
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