Why Gun walked free
Former prosecutor explains why he dropped secrets charges in 2004
A former director of public prosecutions has cast new light on a little-understood decision he took more than 20 years ago to stop the trial of Katherine Gun, a former translator at the government surveillance agency GCHQ who had been charged with disclosing secret information.
Ken Macdonald gave no explanation his decision at the time. But speaking this…
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