The Man Accused of Swindon Drone Factory 'Sabotage Plot' as Details Emerge
Joshua Cammidge allegedly researched four drone sites and a Wi‑Fi jamming device before providing location details to a Russia-linked contact, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, 31-year-old Joshua Cammidge appeared at Westminster Magistrates charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and planning sabotage against drone manufacturing sites in Swindon.
- Prosecutors allege Cammidge communicated with a representative of the GRU Volunteer Corps, a group controlled by Russia that the Government designated a national security threat in July for conducting hostile operations.
- Between March 27 and September 5, Cammidge allegedly exchanged 58 communications with a contact, providing Google Maps screenshots of four drone manufacturing sites and details on factory activity.
- District Judge Daniel Sternberg remanded Cammidge in custody, with the case moving to the Old Bailey on September 25; individuals convicted of assisting foreign intelligence groups face up to 14 years in prison.
- As a major UK hub for drone manufacturing, Swindon has faced heightened scrutiny, especially after Russian allies suggested last month the country could strike targets in Britain, including those within the town.
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A British man is accused of possibly helping Russian intelligence agents and planning sabotage operations against drone factories.
A BRITISH man (31) has been accused of planning to sabotage a drone factory in England in collaboration with Russian military intelligence.
Joshua Cammitz, 31, is accused of providing information about four drone manufacturing factories near his home in Swindon, as well as voluntarily committing an act of sabotage. The post Britain: In court Briton accused of providing information about drone manufacturing factories in Russia appeared first on in.gr.
British man charged with aiding Russian spies to sabotage UK drone fac
LONDON (AP) — A British man plotted with Russian spies to sabotage a drone factory in England, prosecutors said Thursday in a London court. Joshua Cammidge, 31, was charged with engaging in conduct to materially assist a
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Joshua Cammidge, 31, was in contact with a suspected representative of the GRU Volunteer Corps, a group controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, court heard.
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