A Government decision to "exile" a terrorism suspect from London on the basis of secret evidence must be revoked, the High Court has ruled. A judge said the decision was flawed because the father of five, who can be 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 said the move was necessary to stop BM associating with his extremist contacts "with a view to...
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