British embassy spy sentenced to 13 years for leaking secrets to Russia

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https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-64669721

• A former security guard at the UK embassy in Berlin is sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison for spying for Russia
• David Ballantyne Smith, 58, has admitted passing secret information to the Russian authorities
• He was caught in an undercover sting operation in which fake Russian agents offered him the chance to obtain "highly sensitive information"
• Mr Justice Wall said Smith "developed anti-British and anti-Western feelings" while employed at the embassy
• The judge said Smith put embassy staff “at maximum risk” by passing on their photos to the Russian embassy in Berlin
• But Smith had argued he had simply wanted to "inconvenience and embarrass" the embassy, and was suffering from depression at the time