Judge ‘misled’ in bid for injunction over BBC reporting of alleged MI5 informant

The High Court was ‘misled’ by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told (Myung Jung Kim/PA) - (PA Archive)

The High Court was “misled” by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told.

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