一名因将绝密数据带回家而危害国家安全、被判入狱的英国政府通讯总部（GCHQ）实习生，试图减刑的申请被驳回。
A GCHQ intern who was jailed for endangering national security by taking top secret data home has lost a bid to reduce his jail term.
曼彻斯特大学计算机科学专业学生哈桑·阿什拉德（Hasaan Arshad）于2022年8月24日违反严格安保规定，利用手机将资料从GCHQ的计算机系统中取出并传输至其私人电脑。
Manchester University computer science student Hasaan Arshad breached tight security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system at GCHQ and transfer it to his private computer on 24 August 2022.
这名26岁的被告在承认一项违反《计算机滥用法》的罪名以及两项制作儿童猥亵照片的指控后，被判处七年半有期徒刑。
The 26-year-old was jailed for seven-and-a-half years after he admitted an offence under the Computer Misuse Act and two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child.
周四，科克里尔女男爵法官（Lady Justice Cockerill）拒绝阿什拉德挑战判决的许可申请，称没有可辩论的理由表明量刑法官判决有误。
On Thursday Lady Justice Cockerill refused Arshad permission to challenge his sentence, saying there were no arguable grounds that the sentencing judge was wrong.
更多格洛斯特郡新闻：GCHQ是英国的情报、安全和网络机构，与军情五处（MI5）和秘密情报局（MI6）共同发挥着维护国家安全的重要作用。
More from Gloucestershire GCHQ is the UK's intelligence, security and cyber agency and plays an important role in keeping the country safe, in conjunction with MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
法庭听到，来自曼彻斯特罗奇代尔的阿什拉德，当时即将结束在位于格洛斯特郡切尔滕纳姆基地的技术开发团队为期一年的行业实习。
The court heard how Arshad, from Rochdale, Manchester, was coming to the end of an industry year placement with a technical development team at the site in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
阿什拉德曾接受GCHQ的入职培训，并被要求签署《官方机密法》。
Arshad had undergone GCHQ induction and was required to sign the Official Secrets Act.
检方称，他的动机是希望完成分配给他的项目，因为实习即将结束。
He was motivated by a desire to complete the project he had been tasked with as his placement was coming to an end.
检察官邓肯·阿特金森御用大律师（Duncan Atkinson KC）去年在老贝利法院（Old Bailey）表示，阿什拉德的行为“导致一项工具流失”，该工具正在GCHQ开发中，并冒着暴露17名GCHQ同事身份的风险，破坏了合作伙伴的信任，“造成了对国家安全的重大损害风险”。
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC told the Old Bailey last year that Arshad's actions "lost a tool" being developed at GCHQ, risked exposing the identities of 17 GCHQ colleagues, and undermined the trust of partners, which "created a significant risk of damage to national security".
代表阿什拉德的鲁珀特·鲍尔斯御用大律师（Rupert Bowers KC）辩称，量刑法官对这名初犯的判刑过重。他表示，阿什拉德“初衷高尚但方向错误”，且无“腐败动机”。鲍尔斯说：“由于动机和意图，这是一个特殊案件。”
Rupert Bowers KC, representing Arshad, argued the sentencing judge had made the sentence too high for a first-time offender. He said Arshad had "noble if misguided" intentions and no "corrupt motive". Bowers said: "This is an exceptional case because of the motivations and the intentions.
“是的，有人因鲁莽行为犯下了严重罪行，但他并非故意危害国家安全。”在周四的上诉法院审理中，科克里尔女大法官表示，原审法官已对阿什德的“年龄、心智不成熟及神经发育差异”给予了“审慎考量”，并正确考量了其行为可能对国家安全造成的严重危害。
"Yes, a serious offence has been committed by someone who was reckless, but he has not committed it intentionally to harm national security." At the Court of Appeal on Thursday, Lady Justice Cockerill said the judge had given "careful consideration" to Arshad's "age, immaturity and neurodivergence" and had rightly taken into account the serious harm to national security which could have been caused.