A 57-year-old British man has been arrested in germany on suspicion of
spying for Russia the man name David worked at the British embassy in berlin.
Accused of passing documents to Russian intelligence in
exchange for cash. Berlin spy case involving British secrets and Russian spies
german prosecutors allege that a man who worked here at the British embassy in
berlin passed on official documents in exchange for money.
He's alleged to have been working for the Russian intelligence service their embassy is located away in berlin the man who worked as a security guard was arrested in Potsdam southwest of Berlin and his apartment and office were searched. The indications that the detainees secret service activity was done on behalf of a russian intelligence service because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable and Suspect he's been named simply as David his second name withheld under german privacy laws he's a 57-year-old Briton he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor as a diplomat and it's alleged he was working with the Russians since at least November of last year, the arrest came was an intelligence-led operation run jointly by german and British authorities including the security service and metropolitan police once they felt had enough evidence a german a judge issued an arrest warrant cold war berlin was the spy capital of the world the Galenika bridge there was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place between east and west spying has changed secrets that can be stolen remotely over cyberspace that does not that old-fashioned human spying as the seemingly witnessed case had gone away it's unusual it would be more if Russia were not doing this it's no surprise that they are conducting espionage against a country that they consider to be their adversary the UK and they get caught in the process which is quite reassuring so far this potential security breach at the embassy does not too serious it does serve as a reminder that beneath the the surface of a city like berlin spies are still plying their trade.
The court where the British suspect appeared this among that
happened in court and this is Germany's highest criminal court here in
karlsruhe and it's where david s appeared this facing the german legal charge
of engaging in intelligence agent activity know that the judge accepted the arrest
warrant and remanded him in custody he will not be granted bail beyond that perhaps predictably this intelligent
story is shrouded in mystery.The german authorities not telling what happened
inside the courtroom whether david s issued a plea or responded to the charge
similarly law does not have a maximum pre-trial detention period this is of course a high profile case and
presumably the legal authorities will be move the process swiftly along they
will be making further enquiries david s will have access to a lawyer as the
german authorities seek to understand how far this alleged case of british
spying for russia in the heart of berlin.
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