Matthew Wright comments about murder of Scottish teenager were offensive, Ofcom rules Wright later apologised on air, saying it had not been his intention to "belittle" the teenager's death. He also wrote to Liam's family to say sorry. Last October the Wright Stuff refused to apologise for running a debate asking "Foxy Knoxy: Would Ya?" Wright sparked criticism when he asked viewers to tell the show if they would be willing to take Amanda Knox home if they had met her in a bar, following her acquittal of the murder of Meredith Kercher. Wright described Knox as being as "Foxy as hell," and defended himself against criticism afterwards, stating: "I thought it would be interesting to find out if mud sticks, or whether an innocent young woman could now go out and behave in a perfectly normal way." Ofcom found discussion of Luke's death had been handled in a "highly inappropriate manner" and in a "thoughtless fashion." But it found that the matter had been "resolved" because Channel 5 took steps to mitigate the offense caused. The watchdog said: "Our view was that all these comments were clearly capable of causing offence to viewers given the sensitivity surrounding the very recent murder of a 16-year-old teenager in an isolated Scottish community. Ofcom considered that the degree of offence that the comments caused was considerable. This was mainly because Matthew Wright responded to Charlie Baker's introduction to the news story by making a joke that made light of the murder. He then went on to laugh loudly with the audience as the conversation continued. In doing so, he appeared to pay no regard to the unfortunate circumstances of this murder case concerning the killing of a 16 year old well-known to many within the local community in which he lived. Ofcom also said that "the absence of a timely apology" could have increased the offence caused. In the Ofcom Broadcast Bulletin, the watchdog added: "The comments made by Matthew Wright on this occasion went beyond the likely expectations of the audience for this programme. Ofcom recognises that the comments caused considerable offence, particularly to viewers in Scotland. On balance however, and in light of the steps taken by Channel 5 to mitigate this offence, Ofcom considered the matter resolved. Two men have been charged with Liam's murder. Jonathan Mackinnon, 21, from Stornoway, and Stefan Miller, 20, from Carloway, both on the Isle of Lewis, appeared in private at Inverness Sheriff Court in December. The last murder on Lewis was in 1968 when 80-year-old Mary Mackenzie was found dead in her cottage on the west side of the island in Brue. A man was reportedly charged with murdering her but the case was not proven. In 2006 a murder inquiry was launched into the death of Murdo Macdonald but the charge was reduced to serious assault when it reached court.