Court revokes control order that forced man to leave London

The high court has delivered a fresh blow to the government's use of control orders to restrict the behaviour of terror suspects without charge. Mr Justice Mitting ruled that a decision to force a father of five to move from east London to a one bedroom flat in Leicester must be revoked within seven days because the government relied on secret evidence to support the move. The security services accused the 36-year old, known only as BM, of being "a prominent member of a network of Islamist extremists" and the Home Office ordered his exile from London by modifying an existing control order restricting his movements under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. They insisted BM should move to the east Midlands to stop him associating with extremist contacts "with a view to engaging in terrorist-related activity" and they also... [read full story]                    

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