Security guard filmed images of colleagues’ families inside embassy, court told

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I took the pictures to show the lack of security as I pushed back against the embassy but I assure you I haven’t sent another thing.” But Ms Morgan told the court that in June 2021, Smith filmed around the embassy, identifying colleagues and even recording personal pictures on their desks. She said: “In this period in 2021 when you were gathering information of this type on video, the Russian forces were gathering on the border of Ukraine and they were gathering on the border of the very area of where your wife lives, weren’t they?” Smith said that he would have seen it if it was on the news. In the picture, Putin had his hands around the neck of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel in German uniform with the caption: “Russia, please free us once again.” Ms Morgan said: “You are working at the embassy for the United Kingdom and you chose to put a particular thing in your locker. “If the Russian troops were amassed on the border of Ukraine I didn’t think they would invade.” Ms Morgan said that at the time of Smith’s offending the situation with Russia “could not have been more finely balanced” and intelligence, such as Britain’s approach to sanctions, would have been valuable.