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The shadow home secretary claimed the Government could have handed the papers over to prosecutors, but they ‘chose not to’.

Jonathan Hall KC said China was a ‘threat to national security’ and the public deserved a better explanation of what happened with the prosecution.

Ex-DPP Ken Macdonald says prosecutors may have been ‘over-fussy’ in seeking further assurances from government

The trial was due to start this month, but charges against a former parliamentary researcher and another man were dropped in September.

The director of public prosecutions said the Government had not provided the evidence needed to proceed with the case.

A Chinese spying trial collapsed because the UK Government failed to provide evidence that China was a national security threat, a top prosecutor…

A Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) spokesperson said they were appealing the decision to dismiss the terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. The case was thrown out last month and now, Kneecap have released a statement addressed to the "Police (British) State".

The rap trio claim the case is politically driven vowed to ‘fight in court again’

To prove the case under the Official Secrets Act, prosecutors would have had to show the defendants were acting for an ‘enemy’