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A judge in a secret hearing has criticised the Home Office over contrary MI5 intelligence in the trial of two terrorism suspects. A judge in a secret hearing has criticised the Home Office over contradictory MI5 intelligence in the trial of two terrorism suspects.
The intelligence only came to light because - by chance - the same barrister was acting in both cases.The intelligence only came to light because - by chance - the same barrister was acting in both cases.
Mr Justice Newman said the "administration of justice" had been put at risk in the trial of Algerian Abu Doha and a suspect known as MK.Mr Justice Newman said the "administration of justice" had been put at risk in the trial of Algerian Abu Doha and a suspect known as MK.
Human rights group Liberty has called for an urgent review.Human rights group Liberty has called for an urgent review.
Both sets of contradictory evidence had come from MI5.Both sets of contradictory evidence had come from MI5.
The BBC's home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said the cases were being heard separately by a secretive terrorism court known as the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.The BBC's home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said the cases were being heard separately by a secretive terrorism court known as the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.
But after MK's case had finished it became clear that the evidence against him was being contradicted by that in the Abu Doha hearings.But after MK's case had finished it became clear that the evidence against him was being contradicted by that in the Abu Doha hearings.
In a ruling produced in May, but only now made public, the judge accepted the mistake was not deliberate.In a ruling produced in May, but only now made public, the judge accepted the mistake was not deliberate.
But Mr Justice Newman went on to say the "administration of justice is put at risk" if such failures occur.But Mr Justice Newman went on to say the "administration of justice is put at risk" if such failures occur.