By Tom Kershaw & Zesha Saleem A man tried to get security clearance at a major UK spy base in Yorkshire after posing as an MI6 agent. Armed with a collection of weapons, including a machete and a crossbow, 44-year-old Christian Sollitt drove to RAF Menwith Hill near Harrogate with his driving licence. He walked up to a police officer at the missile-warning base and “asked if he could speak with somebody as he was working as an MoD guards service officer.” York Crown Court heard that Sollitt told the officer he was “carrying out investigations into terrorism” and wanted to discuss obtaining a p…