LONDON (AP) — Two men who were accused of spying for China in Britain, including a former researcher working in the U.K. Parliament, will no longer face prosecution, authorities said Monday.

Christopher Cash, 30, and Christopher Berry, 33, had denied violating the Official Secrets Act by providing information or documents that could be “useful to an enemy” and “prejudicial to the safety or interests” of the U.K. between late 2021 and February 2023.

Cash was a parliamentary researcher who worked with senior lawmakers focused on security and foreign affairs from the Conservative Party. Berry is reportedly an academic based in Oxfordshire who had taught in China since 2015.

They were accused of being in contact with each other and a person suspected of being a Chinese intelligence agent.

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