Howard Michael Phillips, 64, charged on Thursday after being arrested in London by counter-terror police this month
Phillips was charged under the National Security Act. Pictured, the Kremlin.A British man has been charged with assisting Russia’s intelligence service after being arrested by UK counter-terror police.
Howard Michael Phillips, 64, was charged on Thursday with an offence contrary to section 3 of the National Security Act , the Metropolitan police said.The force added that the country to which the charge related was Russia. Phillips, of Harlow, in Essex, has been remanded in police custody and is expected to appear at Westminster magistrates court on Thursday afternoon.
The Met said: “As part of the investigation, which is being led by officers from the Met’s counter terrorism command, officers also searched an address in the Hertfordshire area and an address in the Essex area. Both searches are now complete. “The arrest is not connected to any other recent charges or investigations linked to NSA offences, and there is not believed to be any threat to the wider public in connection with this matter.”
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