Met apologises for exposing 143 email addresses of Mohamed Al Fayed victims

London police force tells Telegraph incident was result of ‘human error’ and it is conducting an investigation

The Metropolitan police have apologised for accidentally exposing the email addresses of more than 140 victims of Mohamed Al Fayed.

In a group update about its investigation into the former Harrods owner, the force copied the email addresses of 143 victims of Fayed in a message that included about 12 other recipients, the Telegraph reported.