Sep 14, 2026 · 11 min · 8 segments
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By the 9th of September, he'd been charged under the National Security Act 2023, as well as with preparing an act of sabotage.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on the 10th, entered no plea, and was denied bail.
The case has moved to the Old Bailey, with the next hearing set for the 25th of September.
So what is it alleged that he did? Well, it is believed that between the 27th of March and the 5th of September, Camidge surveilled four drone manufacturing sites around Swindon.
He then passed what he found to a contact prosecutors say is linked to the GRU Volunteer Corps.
Court testimony reportedly went further, a witness alleging that apparently Camidge was prepared to do more than just pass on intel.
If required, they say he was willing to torch one of the factories himself to prove his loyalty to Russia.
The report in The Telegraph named his alleged handler as Aidan Minnis, 39, from Chippenham, who's said to have fought for Russia in Ukraine and to have renounced his UK citizenship.
Of interest for my listeners across the Atlantic, one of Swindon's drone manufacturers is Nerost Technologies, a California company that only opened its UK headquarters there in March, with up to 10 million pounds going into FPV drone production for British and Allied forces.
It's not confirmed whether Nerost was one of the four sites Camidge allegedly surveilled, but American manufacturing capacity is now sitting inside that exact industrial cluster.
If convicted, Camidge faces up to 14 years in prison for assisting a foreign intelligence service and life imprisonment for the sabotage charge.
The GRU Volunteer Corps itself was banned in a separate move on the 17th of July under a brand-new law in the UK, the National Security State Threats Act.
It was fast-tracked through Parliament after an ambulance arson in Golders Green back in March, and it's about to come up again in our next story.
By the 9th of September, he'd been charged under the National Security Act 2023, as well as with preparing an act of sabotage.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on the 10th, entered no plea, and was denied bail.
The case has moved to the Old Bailey, with the next hearing set for the 25th of September.
So what is it alleged that he did? Well, it is believed that between the 27th of March and the 5th of September, Camidge surveilled four drone manufacturing sites around Swindon.
He then passed what he found to a contact prosecutors say is linked to the GRU Volunteer Corps.
Court testimony reportedly went further, a witness alleging that apparently Camidge was prepared to do more than just pass on intel.
If required, they say he was willing to torch one of the factories himself to prove his loyalty to Russia.
The report in The Telegraph named his alleged handler as Aidan Minnis, 39, from Chippenham, who's said to have fought for Russia in Ukraine and to have renounced his UK citizenship.
Of interest for my listeners across the Atlantic, one of Swindon's drone manufacturers is Nerost Technologies, a California company that only opened its UK headquarters there in March, with up to 10 million pounds going into FPV drone production for British and Allied forces.
It's not confirmed whether Nerost was one of the four sites Camidge allegedly surveilled, but American manufacturing capacity is now sitting inside that exact industrial cluster.
If convicted, Camidge faces up to 14 years in prison for assisting a foreign intelligence service and life imprisonment for the sabotage charge.
The GRU Volunteer Corps itself was banned in a separate move on the 17th of July under a brand-new law in the UK, the National Security State Threats Act.
It was fast-tracked through Parliament after an ambulance arson in Golders Green back in March, and it's about to come up again in our next story.
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