A senior British police official is to retire after his force faced criticism over the decision to ban fans of Israeli team Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a football match against Aston Villa.
His exit comes after UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Wednesday she had lost confidence in the ability of Chief Constable Craig Guildford, the head of West Midlands police, to run the force.
Simon Foster, the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, declined to sack him from running the second largest force in the country.
But on Friday Mr Foster, who is the only person with the power to remove the chief co
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