Man claiming torture believes British agent was present, court hears

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Guardian

Man claiming torture believes British agent was present, court hears
Mohammed Madni's lawyers say he heard an English accent during his rendition and imprisonment by the US
Peter Walker guardian.co.uk,
Thursday 4 March 2010 18.41 GMT

A man allegedly sent for torture in Egypt via a British territory believes he was interrogated by a UK intelligence officer during his ordeal, the high court heard today.

In a case with parallels to that of Binyam Mohamed, the court heard that Mohammed Madni, another former detainee at Guantánamo Bay, had described being questioned at the US base in Cuba by a man claiming to be from an American intelligence organisation.

"He said he was from the National Security Council, but said he spoke with an English accent," Lord Justice Toulson told the court during a summary of the evidence.

The government suffered embarrassment last month when senior judges cast doubt on claims that MI5 officers knew nothing about the mistreatment of UK resident Mohamed while he was in American custody


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