Five individuals suspected of spying for Russia to face trial at London’s Old Bailey subsequent 12 months
Five Bulgarian nationals accused of being a part of a Russian spy community within the UK will stand trial subsequent 12 months, a choose at London’s Old Bailey courtroom has mentioned.
The choose provisionally listed the trial to begin in October 2024.
It is predicted to last as long as 4 months.
The three males and two girls are accused of conspiring “to gather data meant to be immediately or not directly helpful to an enemy for a function prejudicial to the security and curiosity of the state” between 30 August, 2020 and eight February this 12 months.
Orlin Roussev, 45, Bizer Dzhambazov, 42, Katrin Ivanova, 32, Ivan Stoyanov, 31, and Vanya Gaberova, 29 have been arrested by counterterrorism police in February this 12 months.
Roussev, Dzhambazov and Ivanova have additionally been charged with identification doc offences.
Judge Jeremy Baker dominated that the separate case must be heard concurrently the conspiracy case.