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Ex-MI5 contractor flew to Latvia to pass secrets to foreign power, court hears
Juan Joseph, 42, faces five charges including breaches of the Official Secrets and National Security Acts after seeking to disclose classified information amid mental health struggles.
- At the Old Bailey, Juan Joseph, 42, is on trial after flying to Riga to try to pass secrets at an embassy, with proceedings due to last up to 2 April.
- Joseph worked as an IT contractor for MI5 from September 2009 until October 2020, and raised grievances including a private prosecution in August 2024 and a judicial review in November 2024, allegedly sending sensitive emails.
- On his return to Gatwick, Joseph refused police access to five phones, a laptop, and a tablet, and officers found two photographs, two emails, a homemade MI5 ID card, and a signed Official Secrets Act declaration at his home.
- Facing five charges, Joseph denies wrongdoing and jurors must decide if paranoid schizophrenia affords an insanity defence, after hearing he was 'labouring under a terrible delusion'.
- The judge, Mr Justice Hilliard, told jurors 'In this case some of the matters have got to be dealt with in closed proceedings', and the media and public are excluded from evidence about 'one or more countries' and damaging information.
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Juan Joseph is accused of breaching the Official Secrets and National Security Acts by repeatedly leaking information to a foreign power.
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Ex-MI5 contractor flew to Latvia to pass secrets to foreign power, court hears
Juan Joseph, 42, is on trial accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act at the Old Bailey, where large parts of the case are being heard behind closed doors over national security concerns.
Ex-MI5 worker accused of leaking secrets could access 'everything': court
A former employee of Britain’s MI5 domestic intelligence agency accused of leaking classified information to a foreign country had access to “everything” that MI5 staff could tap into, a London court heard Friday. Juan Joseph, 43, who was an IT contractor for the MI5 for over a decade, is accused of breaching the Official Secrets and […] The post Ex-MI5 worker accused of leaking secrets could access ‘everything’: court appeared first on Insider …
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