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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Pennink

Nearly £1m cost of Berlin spy that left embassy staff ‘concerned’ for safety

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Berlin spy David Smith’s leaks to Russian intelligence cost nearly £1 million and left staff at the British embassy in Germany “concerned” over their safety.

The damage the 58-year-old security guard caused by collecting secrets from his work over four years and passing an unknown quantity to the hostile state was laid bare at the Old Bailey by prosecutor Alison Morgan KC.

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