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Politics
George Thompson and Matt Watts

China spy trial collapsed after Government refused to label Beijing a threat, says CPS

A Chinese spying trial collapsed after the Government refused to label Beijing a threat to national security, the director of public prosecutions (DPP) has said.

Stephen Parkinson said the Crown Prosecution Service 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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