Court reverses ‘exile’ decision

John Aston The High Court yesterday overturned a Government control order forcing a terrorism suspect to move out of his home. A judge ruled the order must be revoked because the father of five, who can be identified only as BM, had not been given enough information to allow him to instruct lawyers to challenge secret evidence used in the case. Mr Justice Mitting added he would have upheld the move if the law had allowed him to rely on the evidence kept from BM. BM, 36, is accused by the security services of being "a prominent member of a network of Islamist extremists". A modification to a control order already restricting his movements forced him to move out of the east London area to a one-bedroom flat in Leicester. The Government said the move was necessary to stop BM associating with his extremist contacts "with a view... [read full story]                    

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