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On September 25, Joshua Cammidge, a 31-year-old from Swindon, appeared in London’s Old Bailey court accused of assisting Russian intelligence by providing details about drone manufacturing sites and offering to sabotage them. Prosecutors allege that Cammidge communicated with an individual linked to the GRU Volunteer Corps, part of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency. The trial is scheduled for April at Winchester Crown Court after a January hearing where Cammidge will enter his plea.

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On September 25, Joshua Cammidge, a 31-year-old British man from Swindon, appeared in London's Old Bailey court. He is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and preparing an act of sabotage after allegedly communicating with the GRU Volunteer Corps, linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. According to prosecutors, Cammidge exchanged messages with a UK national who had gone to Russia to fight against Ukraine, discussing plans to locate drone manufacturing sites in Britain and potentially sabotaging them. The court was informed that Cammidge also conducted research on Wi-Fi jamming devices and performed reconnaissance activities aimed at aiding the Russian war effort. His trial is scheduled for next year, with no pleas required during this appearance.

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Man appears in London court accused of providing Russian intelligence with drone factory details LONDON, Sept 25 - A British man will go on trial next year accused of providing information about factories which manufacture drones and offering to sabotage them on behalf of Russian intelligence, a London court was told on Friday.

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🔮 Man appears in London court accused of providing Russian intelligence with drone factory details LONDON, Sept 25 - A British man will go on trial next year accused of providing information about factories which manufacture drones and offering to sabotage them on behalf of Russian intelligence, a London court was told on Friday.

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Joshua Cammidge, 31, is charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and preparing an act of sabotage after contact with the GRU Volunteer Corps, which prosecutors said was controlled by Russia's GRU military intelligence agency. asserted

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Prosecutor Sarah Przybylska told London's Old Bailey court that Cammidge, from Swindon, west England, had exchanged messages with a British national who had gone to Russia to fight against Ukraine, in which Cammidge was tasked with locating drone manufacturing sites. asserted

Cammidge → tell → sites

"They discussed sabotaging a site and the defendant volunteered to carry out such sabotage," she said. asserted

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"It was clear all of this was to assist the Russian war effort." asserted

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Prosecutors have also accused him of conducting research about a Wi-Fi jamming device and undertaking reconnaissance. asserted

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Cammidge was not asked to enter pleas, but his lawyer John Oliver told the court he intended to deny the accusations. asserted

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Oliver said there was "no intention to cause or take part in sabotage" and the communications between the men were "not to be taken seriously". asserted

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Russia's embassy in London has not commented on the case. asserted

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Cammidge was remanded in custody and will appear again in court to enter a plea in January, with the trial due to take place at Winchester Crown Court in April. asserted

trial → remand → April

Man appears in London court accused of providing Russian intelligence with drone factory details

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