Ex-civil servant alleges he was arrested to protect Kim Darroch, former UK diplomat in Washington
A former civil servant has accused the government of an attempt to cover up “crimes” by the former British ambassador to the US, who he claims leaked intelligence to his lover.
Hale-Byrne was arrested by counter-terrorism police at his home in 2020 while recovering from cancer surgery over allegations he leaked diplomatic cables in which Darroch criticised Donald Trump. Hale-Byrne denies being the leaker and was never charged.
In a statement by Hale-Byrne, read to the court by his barrister, Paul Diamond, the claimant said there was an “official UK government cover-up of Kim Darroch’s crimes” and it was using the Justice and Security Act, which is normally employed in terrorism cases, to do so.
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