Article: Barbarian of Bahrain; His men kill, maim and torture but Ian Stewart MacWalter Henderson acts out the role of the British gentleman.(News)

To look at him, Ian Stewart MacWalter Henderson seems like a reserved and retired civil servant.

With his blazer and stiff upper lip, the ultra-respectable 67-year-old Scot reminds you of the old days of the Empire.

But Henderson is known by opponents as the Bahrain Barbarian... the most feared Brit in the Arab world.

Twice decorated with the George Medal, he is the head of Bahrain's State Investigation Service - one of the most brutal and murderous outfits in the Middle East.

The SIS, many of them former British Army officers, seem to ...

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