Dorset Police have issued an apology to Bournemouth's Arnaut Danjuma and Facebook for an administrative error that meant the Dutchman's online abuser escaped possible prosecution.
On Wednesday, Sportsmail revealed the Cherries were left furious with social media platforms Instagram, who are owned by Facebook, and Twitter for failing to provide them with the relevant information about two accounts that targeted Junior Stanislas and Danjuma for racist and religious abuse.
Dorset Police released a statement to this newspaper confirming their requests for information had been turned down by the technology giants.
But in a new statement released late on Thursday night, the police has been forced to acknowledge that the reason Instagram could not provide them with the necessary information about the account that targeted Danjuma with Islamophobic abuse was down to their own error.