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Reuters
Reuters
World
By Sam Tobin

British embassy guard who spied for Russia filmed "secret" letter to PM, London court told

A man cycles past the British Embassy in Berlin November 5, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

A security guard at the British embassy in Berlin collected highly sensitive information for more than three years, including "secret" government communications with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, prosecutors told a London court on Monday.

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, scanned copies of a letter from two cabinet ministers to Johnson and other documents relating to "sensitive trade matters", prosecutor Alison Morgan told London's Old Bailey.

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