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Re: British Embassy SPY Sentenced to 13 yrs For Spying For Russia
How British Embassy Spy David Smith Fooled Neighbours and Hid in Plain Sight
People who knew the former security officer before his arrest said he appeared to be 'just another neighbour'
BBC 17 FEB 2023
British guard David Smith sentenced to 13 years for spying for Russia
A spy who sold secrets to Russia while working at the British embassy in Berlin has been jailed for more than thirteen years.
David Smith - whose locker at work contained a cartoon of Vladimir Putin strangling Angela Merkel - admitted passing on information about the embassy and its staff: crimes which a judge today said were “motivated by a hatred of Britain”, and put people at “maximum risk”
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