Re: Not quite the same @Mad Mike
Did you actually read any of that?
He didn't willingly disclose it. One could argue that the police forced him into breach of the Act by forcing his disclosure. One can only commit a crime if one is not under duress.
And anyway, the only relevant bit of the Act is from 1911 and states -
"[a person is guilty of espionage if he] obtains, collects, records, or publishes, or communicates to any other person any secret official code word, or pass word, or any sketch, plan, model, article, or note, or other document which is calculated to be or might be or is intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy".
(emphasis is mine)
Since nothing he carried was calculated to be or might be or was intended to be directly or indirectly useful to an enemy unless your definition of "enemy" includes "law abiding citizen of the UK" - and if it does, you and I have a big fucking problem right there - he cannot be charged under the Act.
I work with lawyers a lot at the moment.
*sigh*