A serving member of the armed forces accused of breaching the Official Secrets Act by sharing “highly sensitive” navy data has appeared on the Old Bailey.
Thomas Newsome appeared through video hyperlink on the court docket in London for a plea and trial preparation listening to.
Wearing a blue T-shirt, the bearded 37-year-old spoke solely to verify his title and was not requested to enter a plea to 2 expenses he faces underneath the Official Secrets Act.
One of the costs alleges Newsome made a “damaging disclosure” on 17 April “relating to defence”.
Newsome, who returned to the UK from abroad deployment that day, is alleged to have shared a 10-page doc containing “highly sensitive military information”.
The prosecution alleges the discharge of such data would pose “a real and immediate threat to the lives of British citizens based outside the UK”.
The second cost accuses Newsome of failing to care for paperwork or “prevent the unauthorised disclosure of those documents as a person in his position may reasonably be expected to take” on 18 April.
The second depend pertains to a USB stick additionally mentioned to have contained “highly sensitive material”.
Mr Justice Jeremy Baker had already set a provisional trial earlier than a High Court decide from April 8 subsequent 12 months at Kingston Crown Court in south London.
During Friday’s listening to, the decide set an additional listening to on the Central Criminal Court for 13 October and additional remanded Newsome in custody.
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