Embassy guard spying for Russia snared by fake 'Dmitry' and 'Irina'
Daily Express|February 15, 2023
A BRITISH Embassy spy was caught on camera "hedging his bets" with a fake Russian spook during an undercover sting, a court has heard.
Emily Pennink
Embassy guard spying for Russia snared by fake 'Dmitry' and 'Irina'

David Ballantyne Smith, 58, was reeled in after UK security learned he sent a letter in 2020 to military staff at the Russian Embassy in Berlin.

The first undercover role-player purported to be a Russian informant called "Dmitry" who walked into the British Embassy when Smith was there. 

The ex-RAF serviceman, from Paisley, Renfrewshire, was tasked with escorting Dmitry inside on August 5 2021 and copying a document he'd brought.

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