Matthew Hedges was sentenced to life in jail this week after he was convicted of passing information to MI6. The sticking point is said to be Britain’s denial that Mr Hedges was working for the Secret Intelligence Service. The UAE wanted Britain to handle the case through intelligence channels, which could have led to Mr Hedges’s release. However, the government refused to do so for fear that it would be taken as an admission of guilt. Matthew Hedges’s wife, Daniela Tejada, visited the Foreign Office yesterday to meet Jeremy Hunt DAVID MIRZOEFF/PAThis came to a head in the meeting last week between Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary,…

Source: The Times November 23, 2018 00:01 UTC