Labour secretly sabotaged China spy trial: Ministers’ decision not to describe Xi’s regime in court as an ‘enemy’ led the case to collapse

Prosecutors dropped charges last month against Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, who were accused of passing information about the Government’s foreign policy to a high-ranking member of the Chinese government.

At the time, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman said that it was “extremely disappointing” that the two men would not face trial [but] the case collapsed because ministers withdrew a star witness who had been tasked with testifying that China was an “enemy” of the UK.

Under the Official Secrets Act 1911, Mr Cash and Mr Berry were accused of collecting and passing information that would be “directly or indirectly useful to an enemy”.