On 7th January the Sun newspaper splashed with a front-page story alleging that Muslim extremists on internet forum were drawing up a “hit-list” of prominent British Jewish figures, including businessman Alan Sugar and musician Mark Ronson.

But it may turn out the story isn’t true after an investigation by political bloggers alleged the ‘extremist’ in question may actually be the expert quoted in the original Sun story.

The Press Complaints Commission is now investigating to find out whether Glen Jenvey, the “anti-terror expert” quoted by the Sun was ‘abuislam’, an online commenter who suggested online that Muslims should draw up a “hit-list” of prominent British Jews in retaliation for Israel’s invasion of Gaza.

The exchange took on the British website ummah.com, which has now issued a statement alleging that ‘Abuislam’ was Glen Jenvey himself and they had confirmed this by comparing his IP and email addresses.

Concerns were first raised by blogger Tim Ireland of Bloggerheads.com, who questioned whether ‘abuislam’ had in fact been a plant.

After their investigations led to more evidence suggesting that ‘abuislam’ was a plant, The Sun newspaper quietly removed the story from its website. Other newspapers that had picked up the story, notably the Daily Mail, also followed suit.

The PCC says it has now contacted the Sun and is awaiting the paper’s response to the allegations.

The Sun declined to comment on why it had removed the story from its website.