13/11/2012
Submariner Admits Espionage Charge
A 30-year-old Royal Navy submariner has pleaded to charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act by collecting classified coding programmes that could be useful to UK enemies.
Petty Officer Edward Devenney, of Northern Ireland, admitted gathering details of "crypto material" - programmes used to encrypt secret data.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct in a public office after arranging to meet two people he thought were from the Russian secret service.
Following his arrest in March Devenney was charged under the Official Secrets Act for collecting information for a purpose "prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state" between 18 November 2011 and 7 March 2012.
He denied a second charge under the act of communicating information to another person. This will not be pursued by prosecutors as no secret information was passed on.
He admitted arranging to meet the people he thought were Russian agents to discuss information related to the movement of nuclear submarines.
The PO will be sentenced on 12 December at the Old Bailey, when parts of the hearing will be held in secret.
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Petty Officer Edward Devenney, of Northern Ireland, admitted gathering details of "crypto material" - programmes used to encrypt secret data.
He also pleaded guilty to a charge of misconduct in a public office after arranging to meet two people he thought were from the Russian secret service.
Following his arrest in March Devenney was charged under the Official Secrets Act for collecting information for a purpose "prejudicial to the safety or interests of the state" between 18 November 2011 and 7 March 2012.
He denied a second charge under the act of communicating information to another person. This will not be pursued by prosecutors as no secret information was passed on.
He admitted arranging to meet the people he thought were Russian agents to discuss information related to the movement of nuclear submarines.
The PO will be sentenced on 12 December at the Old Bailey, when parts of the hearing will be held in secret.
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