# Tory researcher accused of spying for China breaks silence on being ‘fall guy’ for security services

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/tory-researcher-accused-of-spying-for-china-breaks-silence-on-being-fall-guy-for-security-services/
- Published: 2026-11-11T17:36:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T18:36:20+00:00
- Original publisher: GB News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.gbnews.com/news/tory-man-accused-of-spying-china-breaks-silence-communist-state
- Topics: Asia, Cybersecurity, Technology, UK, World

## Key points

- Chris Cash says he was a “convenient fall guy”.
- Charges against Cash and Christopher Berry were dropped.
- The case involved more than 6,000 messages.

## Summary

Chris Cash, a former parliamentary researcher charged with sharing information that could harm UK interests, says he was made a “convenient fall guy” by police seeking to highlight foreign espionage threats. The case against him and Christopher Berry was dropped at the Old Bailey after prosecutors offered no evidence, leaving both men denying wrongdoing and no evidence that either passed information to Chinese officials.

The prosecution relied on more than 6,000 messages exchanged between the men from December 2021 to February 2023, including Berry’s account of meeting a senior Chinese official. Cash said their exchanges were gossip and jokes, and admitted being “unprofessional and naive”; he maintained he would never threaten national security. The case collapsed amid dispute over whether China had been formally classed as an “enemy” at the time, prompting criticism in Parliament, while China called the allegations fabricated.

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