Overview
- Private investigator Gavin Burrows alleges he received a death threat linked to claimant researcher Graham Johnson and has provided a voicemail he says supports the claim.
- Fellow researcher Dan Waddell disputes the allegation, stating the voice on the recording is Burrows himself.
- Burrows remains overseas and refuses to reveal his location to lawyers, prompting claimant barrister David Sherborne to call the stance unorthodox and to urge blocking his evidence unless he discloses it.
- Mr Justice Matthew Nicklin described the circumstances as unprecedented and sought Foreign Office guidance on taking evidence from an unidentified country, while ANL’s Antony White KC said remote testimony is routine.
- Burrows has repudiated a 2021 statement that appeared to confess to unlawful newsgathering, calling it forged, and he is scheduled to give evidence next week by video link.