We argued he should be identified so women could be warned about such a predatory and violent man. X had used his MI5 role to coercively control his ex-partner, known publicly by the alias Beth. He was physically and sexually abusive, and was filmed threatening to kill her and then attacking her with a machete.

In 2022, then-Attorney General Suella Braverman went to the High Court to stop the BBC airing a programme that would name a man who has allegedly abused two women and is a covert human intelligence so

At a hearing today, the High Court heard that MI5 provided false evidence in a 2022 case to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Secret Service informant. The man was the subject of a programme from the broadcaster which alleged he was a neo-Nazi who abused two woman, attacking one with a machete.

MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal. Arguing for secrecy, the Security Service told judges it had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying informants' identities.

Ken McCallum contacted Tim Davie directly after BBC began investigating activities of agent who had attacked girlfriend with machete

The UK spy agency’s chief Ken McCallum issued a rare public apology today for providing ‘incorrect information’.

A VIOLENT machete-armed misogynist and neonazi state agent was protected by MI5, which lied to three courts on his behalf, according to a BBC report today.