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Chapman was sent to a secret installation dubbed Camp 020, where all captured German agents were kept. The official name of the location was Latchmere House, a large, rambling home near Ham Common in West London.
Chapman was given a lump sum of £6000 and the outstanding criminal charges laid against him were quietly dropped.
Nov 15, 2011 · He was freed from prison and trained as a spy by the Germans, but he claimed he always intended to swap sides and spy for Britain. His handlers at MI5 were not so sure. Hence his...
May 20, 2020 · Chapman, like all great criminals do, seized the opportunity to offer his experience and services to the Germans in exchange for a commuted prison sentence. He was able to convince the Germans that he had resentment toward the British and informed them of his background.
Dec 20, 1997 · Eddie Chapman, a notorious British safecracker who hoodwinked German intelligence in World War II -- winning the Nazis' Iron Cross for bravery while serving as a double agent for Britain -- died...
Feb 9, 2021 · While in Jersey’s decrepit jail, Chapman teamed up with Anthony Faramus, a hairdresser he’d met in prison and with whom he’d run a barbershop in the capital of St. Helier, and hatched a bizarre plan to escape jail.
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Dec 11, 2017 · MI5 took Chapman to Latchmere House, then known as Camp 020, in west London. They questioned him closely, and eventually accepted his offer to become a double agent.
