Royal Marine ‘burgled embassy’

A security chief and an ex-Royal Marine Commando have appeared in court charged with 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 then 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, Westminster Magistrates’ Court…