Overview
- Prosecutors authorised charges on Wednesday, September 9, against 31-year-old Joshua Cammidge of Swindon for assisting a foreign intelligence service and for preparatory conduct under the National Security Act 2023.
- Police arrested Cammidge at an address in Swindon on Friday, September 4, moved him to a London police station and carried out searches at a second Swindon property before further detention under the Act on September 5.
- The specific charges are alleged breaches of section 3 (assisting a foreign intelligence service) and section 18 (conduct intended to prepare an act such as sabotage) of the National Security Act 2023.
- Counter Terrorism Policing London led the investigation with support from Wiltshire Police, and the CPS said its prosecutors found sufficient evidence to bring the case in the public interest.
- Authorities have named the alleged link as contact with a representative believed to be from the GRU Volunteer Corps, described as a group controlled by Russia’s military intelligence, and they have warned against reporting that could prejudice the active proceedings.