Chinese Embassy in the UK responds to UK prosecutors reportedly dropping charges against two British individuals accused of spying for China
Global Times
By Global Times Published: Sep 15, 2025 11:49 PM
Spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in the UK responded on Monday to a reporter's question regarding the decision of the UK prosecution authorities to drop charges against two British individuals accused of "providing prejudicial information to China."
According to British media reports, the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped charges against the two British individuals due to lack of evidence, the reporter said.
Christopher Cash, 30, from Whitechapel, east London, and Christopher Berry, 33, of Witney, Oxfordshire, had both denied accusations of providing information prejudicial to the interests of the state in breach of the Official Secrets Act between December 2021 and February 2023, according to Sky News on Monday.
The spokesperson said that "I would refer you to my response to a related question on September 10, 2023."
"We have emphasized from the outset that the allegation about China instructing the relevant British individuals to "steal British intelligence" is entirely fabricated and malicious slander, which we firmly reject. We urge certain individuals in the UK to stop this kind of self-staged anti-China political farce," the spokesperson said.
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