Bali bomb victim's family could sue

Neil Bowler was with a Singapore-based rugby team

The family of Bali bomb victim Neil Bowler is considering taking legal action against MI5.

It follows a report by MPs which criticised the intelligence service for making "serious misjudgements" in its assessment of the threat to tourists.

As a result the UK Foreign Office did not warn travellers about visiting Indonesia before the attack in which 200 people died.

Mr Bowler, aged 27, from Ombersley in Worcestershire, was with a Singapore-based rugby team and had lived in the region for five years.

Some answers

His brother Andy said the family was waiting for more developments before making a decision.

He said: "If it turns out that a single figure has made a decision not to publicise this information then questions need to be asked.

"If the answers are not good enough then we will consider taking it further."

The 25-year-old said if the secret services had communicated the information properly, then Neil might still be alive.

Clear mistake

He added: "They made a very, very clear mistake and they should be brought up for it."

The report makes clear the intelligence services had no specific information about the timing or location of the Bali bomb.

But it said errors were made in the way the risk of an attack in Indonesia was assessed and communicated to the public.

Conservative shadow foreign secretary Michael Ancram has urged the government to act "swiftly" on the MPs' findings to restore public confidence.

He suggested the Australian Government had learned the lessons of Bali more quickly than the UK.