Soldier accused of giving secrets

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An Army interpreter has appeared at the Old Bailey accused of passing on secret information from the military.

Iranian-born Corporal Daniel James, 44, of Cliff Road, Brighton, faces a charge under the Official Secrets Act.

Mr James is accused of communicating information that may be "directly or indirectly useful to the enemy" - widely believed to be Iran.

He appeared via videolink before Mr Justice Calvert-Smith for a brief preliminary hearing on Friday.

Mr James, who speaks Farsi and Dari, worked as a translator for Gen David Richards, who was the British commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan.

He is alleged to have committed the offence on 2 November last year.

A plea and case management hearing is due to take place on 13 July.