# Judges rule MI5 will not face contempt proceedings over false evidence

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mi5-and-its-director-general-sir-ken-mccallum-will-not-face-contempt-of-court-proceedings-despite-lying-to-courts-about-neo-nazi-agent-who-threatened-girlfriend-judges-rule/
- Published: 2026-11-03T10:38:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T10:52:49+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16261717/MI5-director-general-Sir-Ken-McCallum-not-face-contempt-court-proceedings-despite-lying-courts-neo-Nazi-agent-threatened-girlfriend-judges-rule.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- MI5 and Sir Ken McCallum will not face contempt proceedings.
- False evidence helped secure an injunction against the BBC in 2022.
- Judges said proceedings would duplicate findings of serious MI5 failings.

## Summary

MI5 and its director general, Sir Ken McCallum, will not face contempt of court proceedings over false evidence given to judges about an extremist informant. Senior judges ruled that pursuing the case would not be in the public interest, despite finding serious failings by the security service.

The evidence helped MI5 secure a 2022 injunction preventing the BBC from identifying Agent X, a neo-Nazi who threatened his partner, known as Beth, with a machete. MI5 maintained the evidence was accurate for three years before admitting it was wrong, paying compensation and apologising. A separate review found systemic failings and that an officer lied; the judges said contempt proceedings would largely duplicate those findings. Agent X’s identity remains unknown, and he is understood to have left the UK.

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