Even sexual assault or paedophilia cases are heard by US courts martial, using an obscure 1951 agreementA US fighter pilot strangled a woman in England. Why did it end in a ‘degrading’ military trial? A little-known system in...
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Read MoreGovernment’s refusal to describe China as a security threat meant ‘all routes were closed’, says director of public prosecutionsThe government’s evidence in the China espionage trial was missing a “critical element” that meant...
Read MoreStephen Parkinson tells committee a judge would have thrown out China spy case before it even went to juryThe Guardian would like to hear from parents who have had to live in temporary accommodation with children. There is more...
Read MoreFarage repeatedly refuses to call Sarah Pochin’s remarks racist, saying they were ‘ugly, clumsy’ and should be taken in context of ‘DEI madness’The Guardian would like to hear from parents who have had to live in temporary...
Read MoreStephen Parkinson called on to give ‘fuller explanation’ as MI5 expresses frustration over charges being droppedThe director of public prosecutions has come under intense cross-party pressure to explain why the China spy trial...
Read MoreDowning Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous government. This live blog is closedWard says that “no minister or special adviser played any role in the provision of...
Read MoreLabour MP and chair of security committee Matt Western says there are ‘a lot of questions yet to be asked’UK politics live – latest updatesQuestions for CPS after No 10 publishes key witness statements in China spy rowMPs will...
Read MoreDowning Street says had Starmer intervened he would have been interfering in a case related to a previous governmentWard says that “no minister or special adviser played any role in the provision of evidence” under this...
Read MoreA minister will reply to a request for a statement ‘on the three witness statements in relation to alleged breach of Official Secrets Act on behalf of China’In a separate China develoment, a former cyber security chief has...
Read MoreFormer attorney general Dominic Grieve, having read the witness statements, said he was ‘mystified’ why the prosecution did not go aheadGood morning. Late last night No 10 finally released the three witness statements written by...
Read MoreThis blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereLindsay Hoyle starts by telling MPs that speakers from the parliaments in Fiji and Ukraine are in the gallery. And he says it is four years to the day since David...
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