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LONDON — A British parliamentary researcher has been charged with spying for China alongside another man.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced Monday that Christopher Cash — who was employed as a researcher by Conservative foreign affairs committee chair Alicia Kearns — has been charged with “providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China,” alongside another man, Christopher Berry.
Announcing the charges, Nick Price, head of the CPS’ counter terror division, said in a statement that his team had “today authorized the Metropolitan Police to charge two men with espionage offenses.”
“Christopher Berry, 32, and Christopher Cash, 29, will be charged with providing prejudicial information to a foreign state, China, and will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 26 April.”
Price added: “Criminal proceedings against the defendants are active. No-one should report, comment or share information online which could in any way prejudice their right to a fair trial.”
In a separate statement, Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Met Police’s counter Terrorism command, said his force had overseen an “extremely complex investigation into what are very serious allegations.”
Cash was arrested in March last year and said he was “completely innocent” in a statement released by his lawyers when the arrest became public in September. Both men have been bailed to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 26.
