Security News > 2020 > October > Software engineer leaked UK missile system secrets and refused to hand cops his passwords, Old Bailey told
A former BAE Systems software engineer who allegedly leaked top-secret details about a frontline missile system also ignored orders from police to hand over passwords to his electronic devices, a court has heard.
Simon Finch, of Swansea, is said by prosecutors to have emailed details of the unidentified missile system to nine separate addresses.
As his life spiralled downwards, fuelled by two homophobic assaults which he claimed police ignored, Heywood told the court that Finch "Complained of mistreatment which he said amounted to torture at the hands of police".
Finch, said Heywood as he read from the email the engineer sent, was allegedly forced to defecate on the floor of his prison cell because police wouldn't get him to a toilet in time.
The Crown alleges that Finch wrote and sent the email - which included details of the missile system's workings - because he wanted revenge against the UK in general after having his complaints about police mistreatment ignored by everyone he approached.