Conspiracy theorists forced to apologise for calling Victorian youth leader a Covid 'crisis actor'

Raphael Fernandez and Fanos Panayides used social media to accuse Ahmed Hassan of pretending to contract coronavirus to spread fear

Two conspiracy theorists who claimed a Victorian youth leader pretended to contract Covid-19 as part of a deal with the premier, Daniel Andrews, to spread fear about the pandemic have been forced to apologise.

Raphael Fernandez and Fanos Panayides posted public apologies to Ahmed Hassan on Friday after posting several videos in July that accused him of being a Covid-19 crisis actor".