Contempt Proceedings over MI5 False Evidence 'Not in the Public ...
Judges said contempt proceedings would add little after a report found serious failings and false evidence was given to three courts.
- On Tuesday, the High Court ruled that MI5 and its officials will not face contempt of court proceedings for providing false evidence to London's courts, determining such action would not be in the public interest.
- MI5 maintained false evidence for three years to prevent the BBC from identifying a covert human intelligence source known as "Agent X" before admitting the information was wrong.
- Senior High Court judges stated that initiating contempt proceedings would be "highly resource-intensive" and "unlikely to do more than duplicate" Sir John Goldring's report, which documented "serious and systemic failings" within the Security Service.
- Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr noted any further criminal action should follow consideration by the police and the Crown Prosecution Service, with financial sanctions against MI5 deemed ineffective.
- MI5 Director General Sir Ken McCallum welcomed the decision while apologizing for "serious failures," stating the agency's work to "learn all lessons continues at pace.
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MI5 will not face contempt case for misleading evidence, court rules
Britain’s domestic spy agency MI5 and its staff will not face contempt of court proceedings for providing false information to London’s High Court, the court ruled on Tuesday, prompting the agency’s chief to once again apologise for “serious failures”. “It would not be in the public interest to initiate contempt proceedings against any individual officer, […]
UK spy agency MI5 will not face contempt case for misleading evidence, court rules - Regional Media News
LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 and its staff will not face contempt of court proceedings for providing false information to London's High Court, the court ruled on Tuesday, prompting the agency's chief to once again apologise for "serious failures". "It [...]
UK spy agency MI5 will not face contempt case for misleading evidence, court rules
LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 and its staff will not face contempt of court proceedings for providing false information to London's High Court, the court ruled on Tuesday, prompting the agency's chief to once again apolo...
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