A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin, Germany, has been sentenced to 13 years and 2 months in prison for spying for providing confidential information to Russia.
A London court has sentenced David Smith, 58, a security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin, to 13 years and two months for spying. rice field.
According to the ruling, Smith had provided Russian authorities with information obtained from his position as a security guard for about a year from 2020.
The judge pointed out, ``I was photographing confidential documents at the embassy office at night after other staff members went home.''
After the trial, prosecutors announced that they had found a draft of a confidential information letter from the defendant's home to Russian officials, as well as personal information of embassy officials.
The defendant was arrested on suspicion of spying by the German authorities two years ago, and local media reports that the British and German authorities cooperated and were able to file a case through a sting operation that impersonated a fictitious Russian official. .
Last month, a former Swedish intelligence officer was sentenced to life imprisonment for spying and other charges for providing classified information to Russia for many years.