Ex UK Marine Accused Of Spying For Hong Kong Found Dead. Was Bailed Last Week

Matthew Trickett was one of three men accused in the Hong Kong spy case. They were charged with assisting a foreign intelligence service and with foreign interference.

A former member of the UK's Royal Marines, bailed by a court last week over allegations of assisting Hong Kong's intelligence services in a Chinese-linked espionage case, has been found dead, British police said Tuesday.

Matthew Trickett, 37, was found dead in a park in Maidenhead, west of London, on Sunday following a report by a member of the public, Thames Valley Police said.

Trickett had more recently been employed as an immigration enforcement officer and private investigator, the UK's PA news agency reported.