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The BBC was forced to broadcast an on-air apology today after a local radio presenter in Nottingham joked that freed British schoolteacher Gillian Gibbons had a dog named Muhammad.
Frances Finn, who presents BBC Radio Nottingham's mid-morning show, made the off-the-cuff comment yesterday in a conversation with a guest about Gibbons.
Finn said "Gillian Gibbons' son is at the airport and is pleased to see her and I am sure her dog, Muhammad, is very pleased to see her as well", according to a BBC spokeswoman. BBC Radio Nottingham broadcast an apology earlier today.
The primary school teacher was freed from a Sudanese prison earlier this week after being jailed for allowing seven-year-old pupils to give the teddy bear the same name as the Muslim prophet.