British guard sentenced to 13 years for spying for Russia at UK embassy in Berlin

Judge tells David Ballantyne Smith, 58, his treachery' put his former colleagues at maximum risk'

A British embassy security guard has been jailed for more than 13 years after a judge told him his treachery" spying for Russia had put his former colleagues at maximum risk".

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, originally from Paisley, Scotland, copied secret documents he found in unlocked filing cabinets and on desks at the embassy, including a letter to the then prime minister, Boris Johnson.