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Who was Matthew Trickett? Death of suspect in Hong Kong-UK spying row sparks questions about his past
- Ex-Royal Marine, 37, found dead on Sunday in public park only a kilometre away from his company’s address, week after being charged in spying row
- Security consultant also worked in for UK Border Force, Home Office Immigration Enforcement and had access to ‘secure computer systems’
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The death of a British security consultant charged as part of Hong Kong’s spying row with the UK has sparked questions about his past and connections to the city.
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Ex-Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead on Sunday in a public park in Maidenhead, Berkshire, only a kilometre (0.6 miles) away from the registered address of one of his companies.
British police revealed the “unexplained death” on Tuesday and appealed to anyone with information to contact them.
Trickett was one of three men charged last week with assisting an overseas intelligence service and foreign interference under the British National Security Act.
The group were accused of carrying out surveillance against Hong Kong activists living in the UK.
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The other two are Bill Yuen Chung-biu, an office manager at the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London, and 38-year-old Peter Wai Chi-leung, the director of private firm D5 Security.
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