MI5 agent forced partner to 'watch videos of executions' and attacked her with machete

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attacked her with a machete, a BBC investigation has found. The BBC said the government took the organisation to court to block publication of their story, and said they could not release the name of the man involved, despite him being a danger to women.

However, a government representative told the Daily Star that their decision to block naming of the man was "aimed at protecting national security and avoiding a real and immediate risk to life, safety and privacy."The BBC reported that X, whom they call a right-wing extremist with a violent past, has since left his partner to continue working abroad in a country where he also has a violent past.It tracked down two victims of the man's abuse, with one saying: "There was so much psychological terror from him to me, that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown, because I was so afraid of everything - because of how he'd made me think, the people that he was involved with, and the people who he worked for."The woman, who the BBC gave the name 'Beth', moved in with the man after meeting with him on a dating site.

She said that initially he was "charming," but his behaviour spiralled and he sexually assaulted her, was abusive and coercive and even once lunged at her with a machete.

The violent scene was captured on video and the man was arrested, charged with assaulting Beth and appeared in court. However, while he was at court, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case, the BBC reported.She said the man, who the BBC refer to as 'X', told her that he worked as a paid informant for the British security service, an agent or covert human intelligence source (CHIS), infiltrating extremist networks.