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Priti Patel last night risked the ire of the Attorney General after her Twitter account labelled a man being arrested in a video as a 'vile people smuggler'.
The Home Secretary's account shared a video on her Twitter account of officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) detaining an unidentified man in Birmingham.
The post said: 'Excellent work by the NCA in Birmingham arresting another vile people smuggler.
'A suspected high-ranking member of a Vietnamese network trading in human lives via the backs of lorries.'
But media commentators last night suggested the tweet could be putting any future trial at risk.
One commentator, David Banks, even copied in the Twitter account of the Attorney General - who has the power to take legal action against those who breach strict rules around the reporting of criminal cases.
He suggested Attorney General Suella Braverman MP have 'a quiet word' with the Home Secretary about contempt of court - the law that attempts to protect trials from unfair influence.
Priti Patel (pictured) last night risked the ire of the Attorney General after her Twitter account labelled a man being arrested in a video as a 'vile people smuggler'
The Home Secretary shared a video on her Twitter account of officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) detaining an unidentified man in Birmingham
Posting the video, she wrote: 'Excellent work by the NCA in Birmingham arresting another vile people smuggler
But media commentators - such as David Banks - last night suggested the Tweet could be putting any future trial at risk
