‘Damaging disclosures made on social media by member of the armed forces’

A member of the armed forces accused of risking lives by sharing military secrets on social media has appeared in court. Thomas Newsome, 37, is charged with making a ‘damaging disclosure relating to defence which in his possession by virtue of his position as a Crown Servant’. He is also charged with failing to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of documents in his possession. Newsome is alleged to have shared a ten page document with two senior officers and one civilian,…