China Spy Charges Dropped Over UK Failure to Label China a Threat

What the China spy case farce says about Britain

Only in Britain could a spy trial collapse because no one in government could decide who the enemy was. The case against two men accused of passing secrets to China did not fail for lack of evidence or investigative effort, but because the Crown Prosecution Service could not extract from Whitehall a simple statement that

UK saves China spies by refusing to admit China's threat

The United Kingdom government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer has allowed two suspected Chinese intelligence agents to escape punishment by refusing to identify China as an enemy. Espionage charges against two Britons, Christopher Cash (aged 30) and Christopher Berry (aged 33), were dropped last month following a failure by Starmer’s government to identify China as a threat to national security when the two men’s offenses were said to have been c…

UK prosecutor says spying case collapsed because government wouldn't call China a threat

The trial of two British men accused of spying for Beijing collapsed because the U.K. government refused to brand China a threat to national security, the country's chief prosecutor said.

Spy Case Collapses Amid UK’s Reluctance To Label China A Threat

How does a high-profile spy case against alleged Chinese agents simply fall apart? That’s the question shaking Westminster.The trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, accused of spying for China, collapsed after prosecutors couldn’t secure a key piece of evidence. The key evidence was official confirmation that China was considered a national security threat at the time of the alleged offences.Stephen Parkinson, the UK’s top prosecutor,…

Starmer blames Tories for collapse of China spy case

Sir Keir Starmer has blamed the previous Conservative government for the collapse of a case against two men accused of spying for China.

The blame game over China spy trial collapse - who is right and who is wrong?

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were accused of spying for China but three weeks before their trial was due to start, it was dropped. The pair have denied the allegations.