“George Nkencho was a convicted criminal out on bail for attacking his girlfriend”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Jan 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
George Nkencho had no criminal convictions, was not "known to gardaí", and was not out on bail at the time of his death.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 January 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 4 January 2021, 3 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4250692684945717&set=a.1751965611485116&type=3
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3697082947019705&set=a.136048739789828&type=3
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