Ex commando denies embassy raid

A security chief and a former Royal Marine Commando has denied burgling the UAE’s London embassy. Head of security Dean Manister, 50, and former soldier Lee Hurford, 48, allegedly broke into the embassy in Belgravia and stole confidential documents, passports and cash from three safes. The pair planned to extort £3m from a VIP at the embassy in exchange for the return of the items stolen on the night of 14 September 2018, it is claimed. Hurford is accused of…