Trial
In order to allow Scott-Ford to be kept in custody, an order was made under Defence Regulation 18B for him to be detained. He was sent to Camp 020, an interrogation centre based at Latchmere House on Ham Common in south west London where he complied with the authorities, although becoming increasingly alarmed at the reality of the situation he was in. Professor A. W. B. Simpson, a historian of detention without trial, has speculated that Scott-Ford was offered his life in return for more information on the Germans' intelligence system, but had no more information to give. Scott-Ford was charged under the Treachery Act 1940, and after an in camera trial before Mr Justice Birkett was convicted and sentenced to death on 16 October.
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