Legal experts question reasoning behind CPS dropping China ‘spies’ case

<p>Ex-DPP Ken Macdonald says prosecutors may have been ‘over-fussy’ in seeking further assurances from government</p><p>Legal experts have questioned the explanation given by the Crown Prosecution Service for its sudden <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/07/china-spies-case-was-dropped-after-government-failed-to-provide-evidence-of-beijing-threat">decision to drop charges</a> against two Britons accused of spying for China amid a political row over who was responsible.</p><p>The expert lawyers expressed surprise that the CPS thought it needed further assurance from the government that China was an enemy insofar as it posed “a current threat to national security” before the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry could go ahead.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/oct/08/uk-legal-experts-question-cps-drop-china-spies-case">Continue reading...</a>