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Court hears of ‘potentially catastrophic’ impact of Berlin embassy spy

Prosecutor Alison Morgan KC read out a series of statements about the harm security guard David Smith had caused.

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Berlin spy had ‘ongoing relationship’ with Russia and was ‘paid for treachery’

David Smith, 58, has admitted eight charges under the Official Secrets Act.

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Security guard filmed images of colleagues’ families inside embassy, court told

David Smith has admitted sending classified documents to the Russian Embassy anonymously in May and November 2020.

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians'

David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money

Daily Mirror · Feb 13, 2023

Wednesday briefing: Five key takeaways from Biden’s rowdy State of the Union

In today’s newsletter: US president uses unity message to attack Republicans – and set up bid for a second term

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

Joe Biden, Donald Trump and those classified documents

The discovery of batches of classified documents on Joe Biden’s property presents a headache for the president – but his case is quite different from that of Donald Trump, reports David Smith in Washington

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2023

House’s Republican majority gets to work with two abortion measures – as it happened

House to vote on medical protections for ‘babies that survive an attempted abortion’ and ‘attacks on pro-life’ groups and churches

The Guardian - US · Jan 11, 2023

Ticket touts ordered to hand back £6m they made at major gigs

If they fail to pay it back they will be sent to prison for eight more years

Leeds Live · Dec 15, 2022

Ticket touts who made £9m by reselling Ed Sheeran tickets with bots ordered to repay £6.1 million

Peter Hunter, 53, and David Smith, 68, were jailed in February 2020 in a landmark court case after using 97 identities and computer bots

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Touts jailed for fraud over ticket reselling ordered to pay £6.2m

Peter Hunter and David Smith jailed in 2020 in first successful prosecution related to large-scale ticket fraud

The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022