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Politics
Nina Lloyd

No conspiracy but ‘systemic failures’ in collapsed China spy case, report finds

A parliamentary committee found no evidence of deliberate attempts to block the case (Anthony Devlin/PA) - (PA Archive)

“Systemic failures” rather than a conspiracy to sabotage the prosecution led to the collapse of a case against two alleged Chinese spies, a parliamentary inquiry has concluded.

In a damning report, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS) criticised both the Government and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) over a process beset by “confusion and misaligned expectations”.

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