British man who was charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead

A former Royal Marine charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service has been found dead, police say.

Matthew Trickett, 37, a Home Office immigration officer, appeared in court charged under the National Security Act last week.

He was found by a member of the public in a park in Maidenhead, Berkshire on Sunday, Thames Valley Police said.

His death is being treated as unexplained and a post-mortem examination will be carried out in due course, the force added.

Something doesn’t feel quite right does it?

Oh it’ll be one of those “natural causes” again :roll_eyes:

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or ‘suicide’? :confused:

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Oh
yes, never thought of that :thinking:

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Why would he be pointing his finger at his head? Is there a clue there?

Of course it doesn’t! His HK handlers/contacts in the UK needed to make sure any links to them was wiped out in one easy untraceable action.