‘I only sold secrets to the Russians because I was unhappy at work’

An embassy security guard who claims he only sold secrets to the Russians because he was unhappy at work is to face a hearing to decide whether he is telling the truth. David Smith, 58, sent details about British officials to a Russian military attaché and collected information ‘useful to the Russian state’ when he was working in Berlin. The Scot was arrested at his home in Potsdam near Berlin last August and was extradited back to the UK from…