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When the charge of possessing a "document or record containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, namely files within a USB'', Shamel replied: "I am not guilty.''

Defence barrister Chris Sherrard said he would be seeking expert witnesses as rebuttal to two prosecution experts who have made reports on the contents of the USB stick.

In early March, Joseph Spak, Wall Street analyst at Swiss bank USB, published a research note in which he predicted a decline in Tesla's worldwide sales this year of 5%.

Last November, a former employee at a Chinese state agency was handed the death sentence after his USB work flash drive was allegedly seized by foreign spies and he became their "puppet", according to Chinese authorities.

In October 2020, Supt Stephen Riley, head of CTPEM, told the court two police officers attended Rhianan's home in Bolsover, Derbyshire, seizing a USB memory stick and a diary from her.