BNP Documentary: Police Make Ninth Arrest

By John Ives, PA News | Monday, 25 October 2004 | Click here for original article

A ninth man was arrested today in connection with an inquiry into a TV documentary exposing the extent of racism in the British National Party.

The 29-year-old Bradford man was arrested this morning on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and was being held in custody, police said

The arrest is the ninth made in connection with the BBC programme, Secret Agent, which featured covertly-filmed footage showing BNP activists confessing to race-hate crimes and party leader Nick Griffin condemning Islam as a "vicious, wicked faith".

Last month two Keighley men aged 38 and 47 were arrested separately on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage, and were later bailed .

Another six men – two 23-year-olds, a 51-year-old and a 45-year-old all from Bradford, and two men aged 35 and 40 from Keighley – were bailed in July.

They had been held variously in connection with suspected racially aggravated public order offences, conspiracy to commit criminal damage and possession of a firearm.

Of today's arrest, a West Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "In connection with an inquiry launched following the broadcast of the BBC programme Secret Agent on Thursday July 15, a 29-year-old Bradford man was arrested this morning on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.

"He is currently being interviewed by officers."