Whitehall was ‘shambolic’ in dealing with collapsed China spy case

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The collapse of the China spy case came due to "shambolic" decisions. Whitehall officials presided over “shambolic” proceedings in the prosecution of two alleged Chinese spies, a report has suggested,...

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Whitehall officials presided over “shambolic” proceedings in the prosecution of two alleged Chinese spies, a report has suggested, with both government officials and prosecutors coming under fire over the collapse of the case. A report by parliament’s Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy said the collapse of the prosecution against former parliamentary researcher Christopher Cash and the academic Christopher Berry came as a result of “confusion and misaligned expectations”. Both men deny all allegations. The investigation into the collapse of the trial laid the blame on “questionable” decisions made by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and intelligence officials in the civil service while the “continued lack of clarity on China policy” under both the Labour and previous government failed to help the case. The report’s chair Matt Western, the Labour MP for Warwick and Leamington, also raised questions on the time it took for the deputy national security adviser to offer prosecutors a second witness statement an the clarity of communications between Whitehall officials over evidence. \n\nHowever, Western said he did not find any evidence of a “co-ordinated effort to collapse or obstruct the prosecution” despite media reports suggesting that the national security adviser Jonathan Powell, Labour’s political appointee, refused to label China as a threat to national security. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nNews Updates\nStay ahead with our three daily briefings delivering all the key market moves, top business and political stories, and incisive analysis straight to your inbox.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe collapse of the prosecution over the alleged Chinese spies came to the frustration of Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons, MI5 boss Ken McCallum and several MPs. 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