A former security guard at the UK’s Berlin embassy, who admitted spying for Moscow, was on Friday jailed for over 13 years under the Official Secrets Act.
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Jailing him for 13 years and two months at the Old Bailey court in central London, Judge Mark Wall told him: “You were paid by Russia for your treachery.”The judge, who earlier rejected Smith’s claims he only passed information to Moscow twice to cause “embarrassment” to the UK, described his offending as “extensive and serious” and said he had shown no real remorse.
The military veteran, originally from Paisley in western Scotland, had worked at the Berlin embassy for five years. After the UK and German authorities found out about this, they devised a plot to try to catch Smith in the act.Smith was told that a Russian citizen called Dmitry — in reality a UK agent — wanted to visit the British embassy to pass on sensitive information.
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