Tory aide Christopher Cash appears in court accused of spying for China

A Tory parliamentary aide appeared in court accused of passing secrets to China. Chris Cash, 29, along with 32-year-old teacher Christopher Berry are charged with giving ‘articles, notes, documents or information’ to a foreign state under the Official Secrets Act. Cash is a former director of an influential China policy group with links to security minister Tom Tugendhat and foreign affairs committee chairman Alicia Kearns. The pair appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with ‘providing secret information to a foreign…