カテゴリー: Crown Prosecution Service
Report says ‘systemic failures’ led to collapse of trial, but found no evidence of UK government interference Parliament’s security committee has criticised prosecutors for pulling their charges against two men accused of spying for Beijing, in a damni…
Refusal to describe China as security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecutionsThe government’s evidence in the China espionage trial was missing a “critical element” that meant there was “no other option” but to colla…
CCP official alleged to be leading a Westminster spy ring is the de facto gatekeeper to the Chinese presidentIn a world of identikit bureaucrats, Cai Qi, the man described as Xi Jinping’s top lieutenant and recently revealed as the suspected ringleader…
Stephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being droppedThe director of public prosecutions has come under intense cross-party pressure to explain why the China spy trial collapsed as MI5 expresse…
Ken McCallum, the domestic spy chief, says he will ‘never back off’ from confronting threats from BeijingThe MI5 director general, Ken McCallum, has acknowledged his frustration at the failure to put on trial two Britons who had been accused of spying …
Labour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’Questions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy rowMPs will hold an inquiry into the collapse of the caseagainst two m…
Statements are at heart of row about who, if anyone, was to blame for collapse of case against two men accused of spyingUK politics live – latest updatesOn Wednesday night ministers released three witness statements by Matthew Collins, the UK’s deputy …
Statement by deputy national security adviser was central to CPS decision to withdraw spying charges against two menDowning Street will publish a witness statement from the deputy national security adviser that is seen as central to the decision to wit…
Person who was thought to have received intelligence is understood to be Cai Qi, de facto chief of staff to Xi JinpingBritish prosecutors suspected that China’s fifth most senior official was in receipt of intelligence from Westminster in a controversi…