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MI5 agent used secret status to terrorise girlfriend

• mzs 4y ago
  This will be a prime counter-point to people that claim RT is basically the BBC - kudos to the BBC shining a light on this and taking on the government in court to make it happen. >A video shows the man threatening to kill the woman and attacking her with a machete. >The foreign national cannot be named, despite evidence he is a threat to women, after the government took the BBC to court to block publication. >Evidence shows that he is a right-wing extremist with a violent past. >In an unprecedented legal battle, the corporation argued that women had a right to know his identity and it would protect potential victims from harm. >But the BBC successfully resisted the government's attempt to stop publication of the wide-ranging investigation. … >X was arrested, charged with assaulting Beth and appeared in court. However, while he was at court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case. … >We obtained writings in the which X boasted about severely sexually exploiting women - using language that is too offensive to repeat. >In other writings, he expressed approval for a young girl being raped and murdered. >He openly joined a site, looking for British women, under an alias used for his MI5 work. Consistent with this, Beth says he had described searching online for women to exploit. >Given the BBC was able to establish that X had a history of violence and abuse, MI5 should, similarly, have been aware. … >The warning signs displayed by X are stark. Both of the women we interviewed think he is capable of murder. >But, when we put our findings about X to the government, it took us to the High Court, trying to stop this story being made public. >The court legally prevented us from naming X, because of an apparent risk to him from other extremists