Tuesday, 12 November 2013

MI5 warned six years ago of terror escape

By Robert Mendick, and David Barrett

9:00PM GMT 09 Nov 2013

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MI5’s surveillance teams were warned six years ago that terror suspects could evade the security services by wearing a burka, it can be disclosed, in a further intensification of the row over an Islamist extremist on the run.

Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is one of eight terror suspects on the loose after evading the Home Office’s controversial control regime.

Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, the former independent reviewer of terrorism, urged David Cameron “to take personal charge” and introduce tougher restrictions on the movements of suspects.

Police are hunting for Mohamed more than a week after he fled a mosque in west London, disguised as a woman by wearing a burka after cutting off his electronic tag.

The Telegraph can disclose:

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