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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sophie Wingate

China spy case: Key questions answered after collapse blamed on Government

DPP Stephen Parkinson said the CPS had tried ‘over many months’ to get the evidence it needed to carry out the prosecution (PA) - (PA Archive)

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said that a trial involving alleged Chinese spying in Parliament collapsed after the Government refused to brand Beijing a threat to national security.

Director of public prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said the CPS had tried “over many months” to get the evidence it needed to carry out the prosecution, but it had not been forthcoming from the Labour Government.

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