Ministers told to revoke terror decision

High court rules evidence kept secret from suspect made it impossible to fight order to leave his London home A government decision to "exile" a terrorism suspect from London based on secret evidence must be revoked, the high court ruled today. A judge said the decision was flawed because the father of five, identified only as BM, had not been given enough information to be able to instruct lawyers to challenge his exile. But the judge said he would have upheld the move if the law had allowed him to rely on the secret evidence kept from BM. BM, 36, is accused by the security services of being "a prominent member of a network of Islamist extremists". He was forced, through a modification to a control order already restricting his movements, to move out of the east London area to a one-bedroom flat in Leicester. The government... [read full story]                    

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