It turned out that an informant working for MI5, the British domestic intelligence service, repeatedly harassed and abused his partner using his status. In a video reached by the BBC, the informant, who is stated to be an extreme rightist and Nazi sympathizer, threatens to kill the woman with a machete in his hand.
The government sued the BBC to block the news. In the case before the Supreme Court, the prosecution argued that the disclosure of this foreign national would harm national security and endanger the life of the informant.
The BBC insisted that women have a right to know this person’s name and that this would prevent other women from being victimized.
The judge ruled that the news could be published provided that the identity of the informant was not disclosed.
‘If you talk, they will kill you’
The British woman named Beth (not her real name) told the BBC she met the informant online and then they started living together.
According to Beth’s statement, what started off as a beautiful relationship turned into a crush as the informant’s violent tendencies and misogyny were exposed. Beth said the informant had repeatedly harassed her and told her she would be killed if she told what she had been through.
“He was telling me that if I told anyone about what he was doing, about sexual and physical violence, he had friends in high places and they would step in and kill me right away,” Beth said.
It is stated that the informant, who is said to have been assigned by MI5 to infiltrate extreme right-wing groups, has a gun collection in his house and keeps the woman watching videos of executions and murders.
British intelligence services give the right to commit crimes to those they commission to prevent major crimes, to access life-saving information and to protect their own safety of life. However, the permission to commit a crime does not cover the private lives of the agents.
In a video Beth recorded with her cell phone, it is heard that the informant who came to the woman with a machete was making death threats. The video ends with the woman’s screams.
Beth explained that the informant came in a few hours later, this time with a knife in her hand, and tried to slit his throat, biting the man’s hand.
After this incident, the informant was taken into custody. A lawsuit was filed for assault but the case was dropped.
Beth continued to experience violence from the informant who came back to her home after the trial.
The information obtained by the BBC shows that the police found Nazi symbols in the informant’s home, and that he talked about killing Jews in his diary. It is also stated that the informant wrote articles justifying the rape of women and girls.
Later, it is stated that a terrorist investigation was launched against this person, but the informant left the country while the investigation was ongoing.
It is stated that the informant, who was assigned by MI5 to infiltrate extreme right-wing groups, had a gun collection at his home and made the woman watch videos of executions and murders.
British intelligence services give the right to commit crimes to those they commission to prevent major crimes, to access life-saving information and to protect their own safety of life. However, the permission to commit a crime does not cover the private lives of the agents.
In a video Beth recorded with her cell phone, it is heard that the informant who came to the woman with a machete was making death threats. The video ends with the woman’s screams.
Beth explained that the informant came in a few hours later, this time with a knife in her hand, and tried to slit his throat, biting the man’s hand.
After this incident, the informant was taken into custody. A lawsuit was filed for assault but the case was dropped.
Beth continued to experience violence from the informant who came back to her home after the trial.
The information obtained by the BBC shows that the police found Nazi symbols in the informant’s home, and that he talked about killing Jews in his diary.
Later, it is stated that a terrorist investigation was launched against this person, but the informant left the country while the investigation was ongoing.
After this incident, the informant was taken into custody. A lawsuit was filed for assault but the case was dropped.
Beth continued to experience violence from the informant who came back to her home after the trial.
The information obtained by the BBC shows that the police found Nazi symbols in the informant’s home, and that he talked about killing Jews in his diary.
Later, it is stated that a terrorist investigation was launched against this person, but the informant left the country while the investigation was ongoing.