Charles Kerry Bagshaw (5 October 1943 – 11 November 2015) was a British Royal Marine and

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who was head of

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's station in

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at the time of the collapse of the

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. In May 1999 his name was among 116 leaked to the publication

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and later posted on the internet."UK: Al-Fayed denies leaking MI6 names"
BBC News, 16 May 1999

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