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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Jess Glass

‘Premature’ to decide whether MI5 should face contempt probe, judges rule

MI5 could still face contempt of court proceedings over incorrect evidence provided in a bid for an injunction against the BBC pending the outcome of an investigation, judges at the High Court have said.

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.

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