(UK) Army interpreter guilty of spying (for Iran)

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Page last updated at 15:52 GMT,
Wednesday, 5 November 2008

Army interpreter guilty of spying

Army interpreter Daniel James, who worked for
Britain's top general in Afghanistan, has been
found guilty of spying for Iran.

The Iranian-born corporal translated for the
head of multi-national forces, General David
Richards.

The court heard he sent coded messages to an
Iranian military attache in Kabul, saying:
"I am at your service".

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He was found guilty of communicating information
to an enemy, the most serious of three charges
he faced.

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