David Ballantyne Smith was given a 13-year jail sentence for breaking the UK's Official Secrets Act. He was arrested in a British-German sting operation and extradited to London.
LONDON (AP) A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K. diplomats at “maximum risk” by selling secret information to Russia.
"You were paid by Russia for your treachery," said Judge Mark Wall as he announced the sentence of 13 years and two months at the Old Bailey court in central London.
A former security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in prison for putting U.K. diplomats at maximum risk by selling secret information to Russia.
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