Britons Accused of Spying for China Face 2025 Trial

LONDON—A former Conservative Party parliamentary researcher and another man accused of spying for China will not face trial until “spring or summer” of 2025. Christopher Cash, 29, and Christopher Berry, 32, made their first appearance at the Central Criminal Court in London—better known as the Old Bailey—on Friday. The pair, who are both on bail, sat in the well of the court as the judge, Mr. Justice Jeremy Baker, carried out an administrative hearing. Prosecutor Tom Little, KC said both were charged with “a single offence of spying on behalf of a foreign power.” The allegation is that between Jan. 20, 2022 and Feb. 2, 2023, Mr. Cash “for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State, obtained, collected, recorded, published, or communicated to any other person articles, notes, documents or information, which were calculated to be, might be, or were intended to be, directly or indirectly, useful to an enemy.”...