CCTV footage appears to challenge singer’s claims in Star of David row

Police express serious doubts' after Jewish symbol absent in images of Gil Ofarim published by German media

CCTV footage published in the German media appears not to show the Star of David pendant that a Jewish German singer alleged a Leipzig hotel had told him to put away" before he would be allowed to check in.

In an emotional Instagram video post on 5 October, Gil Ofarim claimed that an employee at the Westin hotel in Leipzig, in eastern Germany, had asked him to cover up the symbol of Jewish identity.