bruce willis is diagnosed with dementia at the age of 67. and in the capital: how london s firefighters saved 11 lives in turkey. and the doctor whose surgery has never been busier he tells us about the pressures he s facing. good evening. a spy at the british embassy in berlin has beenjailed for more than 13 years for selling secrets to russia. david smith was caught in an undercover sting which involved fake russian agents who in fact worked for the british security services. the 58 year old was passing details to russia of other members of staff, as well as photographs and videos of buildings. police described smith s actions as reckless and dangerous . our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. secretly filmed, david smith, the embassy security guard with an access all areas pass, stealing secrets for the russians. scottish, married but separated, a lover of military memorabilia, the court found he hated britain and felt sympathy for vladimir putin. sentenci
officials in berlin, security passes and documents. to gather more evidence, mi5 set up a sting operation involving two russian speakers whose real names have not been disclosed. smith was told that a mysterious russian called dimitry was coming to the embassy for a meeting. he was asked to photo copy some documents. it seems as though a russian defector was about to spill his country s secrets to the uk. but dimitry was working for the met and mi5 and smith fell for it. those supposedly secret documents, they were nothing of the sort, were later found in smith s locker. a covid camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. a covert camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. he seemed to hope the russians knew who dmitry was.
those supposedly secret documents they were nothing of the sort were later found in smith s locker. and the covert camera captured smith taking pictures of dmitry from the cctv system. if he works at the embassy, they must recognise him. then another hidden capture camera captured smith meeting a second fake russian sent by mi5. irina pretended to want his help in identifying defectors. smith met her the next day. he was arrested, his locker at the embassy searched, along with his home. police found documents and videos filmed inside the building, and money. smith spied for cash and a hatred of his country. he wasjust a he was just a security guard with no
of people working at the embassy. investigators found in may 2020, smith used embassy notepaper to write to the russian embassy offering details of british officials in berlin, security passes and documents. to gather more evidence, m15 set up a sting operation involving two russian speakers whose real names have not been disclosed. smith was told that a mysterious russian called dimitry was coming to the embassy for a meeting. he was asked to photocopy some documents. it seems as though a russian defector was about to spill his country s secrets to the uk. but dimitry was working for the met and m15 and smith fell for it. those supposedly secret documents, they were nothing of the sort, were later found in smith s locker. a covert camera captured smith taking pictures
investigators found in may 2020, smith used embassy notepaper to write to the russian embassy offering details of british officials in berlin, security passes and documents. to gather more evidence, mi5 set up a sting operation involving two russian speakers whose real names have not been disclosed. smith was told that a mysterious russian called dimitri was coming to the embassy for a meeting. he was asked to photo copy some documents. it seems as though a russian defector was about to spill his country s secrets to the uk. but dimitri was working for the met and mi5 and smith fell for it. those supposedly secret documents, they were nothing of the sort, were later found in smith s locker. a covert camera captured smith taking pictures of the visitor on the cctv system. he seemed to hope the russians knew who dmitry was. then another hidden camera captured smith meeting