That would not have happened to Bond: out of hatred for Germany and Great Britain, an employee of the British embassy in Berlin serves as a spy on Russia. However, he proceeds clumsily and falls for western agents. The handcuffs click, now the process begins.
In the trial of an alleged spy for Russia who was employed as a security guard at the British embassy in Berlin, the indictment has revealed new details about his arrest and espionage activities. According to the public prosecutor’s office, David S. was taken in by several contacts who posed as Russian citizens and agents but actually work for Western authorities.
After his extradition, David S. has been on trial in London since Monday. According to the accusation, the 58-year-old Briton sent a letter to a military employee at the Russian Embassy in Berlin out of hatred for his home country and gave him a contact list of British Embassy employees.
British and German authorities found out about this letter and set David S. a trap together: A “Dimitri” wanted to meet David S. in the British embassy and supposedly hand him sensitive documents – but in reality “Dimitri” was a British agent.
A woman with the alias “Irina” later pretended to be an agent of the Russian secret service and showed David S. photos of people who were said to be of interest to the Russian service. Among them was “Dimitri”, whom David S. no longer wanted to recognize. Shortly after this meeting, David S. was arrested and extradited from Germany to the UK in April 2022.
David S. already pleaded guilty to eight of nine charges in November, will be heard in court tomorrow and is expected to be sentenced on Friday. The trial also deals with amounts of money whose origin David S. has not yet been able to explain, as well as the allegation of unauthorized video recordings in the British Embassy. David S. faces up to 14 years in prison for espionage for violating the “Official Secrets Act”.
The former security guard, who is married to a Ukrainian and worked for the embassy in Berlin for five years, stated “hatred” of Great Britain and Germany as the motive for passing on sensitive information during his interrogation.
