 Mandy Rice-Davies died on 18 December 2014, aged 70.Ward's role on behalf of MI5 was confirmed in 1982, when "The Sunday Times" located his former contact "Woods".Although Denning always asserted that Ward's trial and conviction were fair and proper, most commentators believe that it was deeply flawed—an "historical injustice" according to Davenport-Hines, who argues that the trial was an act of political revenge.