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Teddy Young, a 24-year-old Royal Navy sailor, appeared in court accused of plotting to leak secret defense and intelligence information to Russia. The allegations state that from November 2024 to May 2025, while on his first deployment, Young accessed sensitive data with the intent to benefit a foreign power. He faces charges under the National Security Act for preparing to disclose protected information and obtaining material benefits from designated bodies.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-08,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On October 8, British police charged Teddy Young, a 24-year-old member of the Royal Navy, with two offenses under the National Security Act 2023. The charges include preparing to disclose protected information and obtaining, copying, recording, or retaining such information for the benefit of an unnamed foreign power between November 6, 2024, and May 21, 2025. Young was arrested at his home in Bedfordshire on Tuesday and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London later that day.
Commander Helen Flanagan of Counter Terrorism Policing London emphasized the severity of these charges against a serving member of the armed forces, stating they involved significant cooperation with the Ministry of Defence to mitigate risks. The arrest and charges are not connected to recent counterterrorism investigations, such as the incident at RAF Fairford airbase involving potential Iranian activity.
Written for “Royal Navy Spy Charges” on 2026-10-08,
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Teddy Young, 24, is alleged to have abused his high-level security clearance to access secret defence and intelligence data after being deployed on a Navy vessel.
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“The allegation is that while serving as a Royal Navy warfare intelligence rating with high level security clearance and intelligence-system access, Teddy Stanley Greenidge Young accessed and retained sensitive UK defence and intelligence material and engaged in activity consistent with preparing to pass protected information to a foreign power,” the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told the court in a written summary of the allegations.
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It is said Young, who joined the Navy in April 2024, committed the offences on his first deployment, which began on November 4 2024.
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He is accused of using the dark web to try to make contact with Russian authorities, drafting a message which “sought to make contact with a potential threat actor”, and breaking Navy rules by copying information to a private email account.
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Young wore a grey sweatshirt and joggers as he appeared in the dock in front of District Judge Annabel Pilling.
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He was arrested by counter-terror police at his home in Bedfordshire on Tuesday, having previously been arrested in Hampshire last year.
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He is charged with engaging in conduct preparatory to the commission of an offence under the National Security Act 2023 and a second allegation of obtaining, accepting or retaining material benefit from a designated body.
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According to the charges, it is said that between November 26 2024 and May 21 2025 Young “disclosed protected information for a purpose which he knew, or having regard to other matters known to him ought reasonably to have known, was prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK intending the conduct to benefit a foreign power, engaged in conduct in preparation for the commission of such an act”.
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Over the same six-month period, Young is said to have “obtained, copied, recorded or retained protected information, intending the conduct to benefit a foreign power”.
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Young was not asked to enter any pleas during the four-minute court hearing on Thursday.
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The judge told him: “As you know the matters that you have been charged with are too serious to be dealt with at this court and need to be dealt with at a crown court.”
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When announcing the charge, police stressed there was no link between this investigation and the ongoing RAF Fairford probe.
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A Royal Navy spokesman said: “A member of the Royal Navy has been charged with National Security Act offences following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing London.
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“As legal proceedings are ongoing, it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage.”
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