Nobel-Winning British Scientist Accused Of Spying By MI5, Papers Reveal

Files released at National Archives show DNA pioneer Maurice Wilkins was investigated for leaking nuclear secrets.

A British scientist who won a Nobel prize for his pioneering work on the DNA double helix was investigated by MI5 as a possible atom spy who had passed US nuclear secrets to the Russians. more 

Professor Maurice Wilkins won a Nobel prize for his pioneering work on the DNA double helix. Photograph: National Archives/PA

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PJL 26th August 2010