Prosecutors call for France’s former spy chief to stand trial

Bernard Squarcini and 10 others await magistrates' decision on hearing charges including influence peddling and forgery

French prosecutors have called for the former head of the country's internal intelligence agency to stand trial on charges of influence peddling and forgery.

Bernard Squarcini, who was head of the DCRI agency - the French equivalent of MI5 - until 2012, is also accused of complicity in breaches of professional and judicial secrecy.