The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry in September 2024 after determining the evidential threshold could no longer be met for prosecution under the Official Secrets Act 1911.</span

BBC News

Crown Prosecution Service

The Crown Prosecution Service dropped charges against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry in September 2024 after determining the evidential threshold could no longer be met for prosecution under the Official Secrets Act 1911.

Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson stated that witness statements failed to establish China represented a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offences between December 2021 and February 2023.</span

Guardian

Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson stated that witness statements failed to establish China represented a threat to national security at the time of the alleged offences between December 2021 and February 2023.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he would publish witness statements from deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins in full after the Crown Prosecution Service clarified the decision was for the government to make.</span

Daily Mail

Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced he would publish witness statements from deputy national security adviser Matthew Collins in full after the Crown Prosecution Service clarified the decision was for the government to make.

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the Labour government of a cover-up and claimed the previous Conservative government had classified China as the biggest state-based threat to UK economic security in 2021.</span

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Express.co.uk

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch accused the Labour government of a cover-up and claimed the previous Conservative government had classified China as the biggest state-based threat to UK economic security in 2021.

The High Court ruling in R v Roussev established that enemy under the Official Secrets Act includes countries representing a threat to UK national security at the time of the offence, requiring additional evidence prosecutors could not obtain.</span

China Daily

The High Court ruling in R v Roussev established that enemy under the Official Secrets Act includes countries representing a threat to UK national security at the time of the offence, requiring additional evidence prosecutors could not obtain.

Both Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry maintained their innocence throughout the proceedings, with their lawyers describing the information as publicly available material and unclassified Westminster analysis rather than state secrets.</span

Both Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry maintained their innocence throughout the proceedings, with their lawyers describing the information as publicly available material and unclassified Westminster analysis rather than state secrets.

UK Drops China Spy Charges Against Cash and Berry

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