Parliamentary researcher, 29, and ex teacher, 32, who are charged with spying ... trends now
A parliamentary researcher charged with spying for China will face trial next year.
Christopher Cash, the former director of an influential China policy group with links to the Security Minister appeared in court today accused of passing secrets to the hostile state.
The 29-year-old is charged with giving 'articles, notes, documents or information' to a foreign state under the Official Secrets Act 1911, along with a British teacher Christopher Berry, 32, with whom he once taught in China.
The pair appeared at the Old Bailey for a brief hearing today, speaking only to confirm their names.
Unusually, they were not asked to enter the dock and were allowed to sit in the legal benches beside their solicitors.
Christopher Cash, the former director of an influential China policy group with links to the Security Minister appeared in court today accused of passing secrets to the hostile state
He appeared at the Old Bailey today alongside British teacher Christopher Berry, 32, (at the front of this image) with whom he once taught in China
Last month the duo were charged with 'providing secret information
