THE renegade former MI6 spy Richard Tomlinson has finally come in from the cold.
After more than a decade in exile, where he lived in fear of arrest and extradition to face trial in the UK, Tomlinson has at last buried the hatchet with Sir John Scarlett, chief of MI6.
The deal between the head of Britain’s overseas spies and the whistleblower who claimed MI6 had a secret “licence to kill” follows a decision to send a mediator to negotiate with Tomlinson in Spain.
As a result, MI6 has agreed to let him return to Britain, unfreeze royalties from his book and drop the threat of charges. It has also apologised for its unfair treatment of him.
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